flipping blisters !

[bosshogg112]

  I am sure it will help.  when walking and u feel a blister trying to get started.  stop and apply 1 or 2 layers of tape and c if it helps.  try to keep unused tape dry.  if u have not ever used tape before get some pre wrap and put it under the tape or just apply the tape directly 2 skin.    good luck    mike w

 

I will add that you DO NOT put tape directly on a blister.  Removing the tape hurts...

[callonetta]

I have been battling and wasting a ton of $$$ on boots and shoes the never fit right and gave me blisters and foot pain.......Last year when I moved to this side I went to have White's Boots build me a pair of shoes for work....amazing fit, on the heavy side but so comfortable.
This year I saved enough for them to buil me a pair of hunting boots.....no regrets, I recommend them to anyone with shoe/boot/fit issues.
My

[splitshot]

good call boss, hence pre-wrap and or ointment or lub.    mike w

[coachcw]

just talked to latrop and sons , not giving up on these yet . btw there own boot is in the works .

[jbeaumont21]

I went through Lathrop & Sons and he talked me into getting the Lowa Cevedale Tech Light Hunters with the synergy bed insoles.  This was my third elk season wearing them and probably my last.  Wore them on day 2 and they leaked like a sieve and tore up my heels.  So happy I spent all that money on them. 

I'm in the same boat as you with boot problems.  This year I took 7 different pairs of boots for early ML elk season and wore a new pair each day, that way the rubbing was at least in a new spot each day.  I'll say it was nice to put on a dry pair of boots each morning, but by the end of the day I think all but 1 pair were completely soaked inside and those were the Danner Crater Rims.  All others either leaked or tore up my feet. 

Here is what got worn: Salomon 4d gtx (Fit great but Leaked, brand new by the way), Danner High Ground (Leaked and heal rubbed), Under Armor Brown Tine (Leaked and heal rubbed), Lowa Cevedale Tech Lights (Leaked and heal rubbed bad!), Kenetrek Mountain Extreme (Leaked and toe rubbed) and last but least was the Lowa Camino (Rubbed heal and toe and leaked). As you can see that's quite a bit of money spent on trying to find a good boot. And that's not my entire arsenal...

I hope you find the right boots. Please share what they are if and when you do.

Jesse

[JLS]

Do a google search for lacing techniques for heel slip.  I tape
Directly on the blisters and leave it.  Insoles thAt are too thick can cause a lot of problems. 

[Bigshooter]

I feel your pain.  I wear my hikers almost all of the time because every boot I have tears up my feet.  I have a pair of American made danners that I bought in 2000 that I wear when I hunt in snow and last year was the first time I didn't get a blisters wearing them.  It shouldn't take 15 years to break in a pair of boots.  I'm actually looking forward to using them this year.

[go4itlab]

When I worked doing forest fires I used a double sock system. Lived in my boots for long periods of time in under the worst conditions in the worst terrain. 6 seasons and never had a blister. Nothing fancy boot socks with a thinner cotton sock. For winter hunting use I do the same 2 sock system but use a non-cotton as inner sock. Also helps to have a good fit. When i did fire i wore custom Whites for hunting I use kenetrek.

[BULLBLASTER]

For me boot break in is as much for my foot as the boot. I wear them for a week or so in every day life before going hunting in them and my feet get toughened up. Each September I have to go through the same thing. After that they are great. 

[jackelope]

For me boot break in is as much for my foot as the boot. I wear them for a week or so in every day life before going hunting in them and my feet get toughened up. Each September I have to go through the same thing. After that they are great. 

Are you saying you get new boots every year?

[jackelope]

I'm not sure what it is about me and boots, but I have literally never gotten a blister from hiking. Good boots, cheap boots, work boots, whatever. 100% blister free.
I need new boots but am scared to have to through the stuff all you guys are describing.

[BULLBLASTER]

For me boot break in is as much for my foot as the boot. I wear them for a week or so in every day life before going hunting in them and my feet get toughened up. Each September I have to go through the same thing. After that they are great. 

Are you saying you get new boots every year?

No way! Just break my feet in to my boots every year. All summer I wear light hikers for training and then go to my hunting boots come sept. My feet go soft in the off season

[JLS]

http://sectionhiker.com/hiking-boot-lacing-techniques/

I guess I should consider myself lucky.  I just wear a single pair of wool socks inside my Low as with no issues.  Other brands of boots I've had to use the heel lock lace technique, and it helped a great deal.

[swift]

Coach like you I went through All kinds of combos and this is what now works for me
Lowa Tebet gtx with lathrop senergy insoles and a super thin liner sock over Darn tough or Fits mid to heavy weight sock  I will change outer sock about 4/5 mile point
Like you I could have built a nice rifle for what I spent to end up with this combo not to mention the pain and missed opportunity! It's a tough deal that so personal to find a system my next step was straight up going with lathrop ans sons full package
Side note I went to boots and backpack training every other training hike starting July 1 and that slowly conditioning feet ( and back for me )

[coachcw]

So an up date . Lathrop and sons really helped me out and talked me through the process . They stock my Vioz gtx and are fitting a synergy foot bed to them (they should be in the mail ) I'm going to play with the heel lock lacing . I see that Swift wears his liner socks out side  his boot socks does anyone else do this ? I was so happy after the early season wearing ankle wraps under my soloman light hikers with out a single foot issue . they may be my go to late season shoe even if I have to deal with wet feet . I'm kinda glad to hear so many other guys are dealing with similar issues , I was beginning to think it was jus me.