I love my Icebreakers, Smartwools, Wrightsocks, and Darn Toughs, but I just ran across a hiker's review of these Silverlight socks:
https://silverlight.store/product/silverlight-socks/ Has anyone tried them? This graphic is from their website:
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They're okay, but they are definitely not worth the hassle of dealing with the company. I got a couple of emails from the owner asking me to review the socks "that I should have received already" after I had already found out that they didn't even have any material to make socks let alone ship them. Getting that information took about a half dozen emails; I think there's only one person, Desiree, who works in customer service, and she did manage to get mine on the list of orders that were to be filled when they finally got some product in. Even the tracking site link listed on the email with shipping details proved worthless; after a week, the site still said that the shipping company was awaiting the package. Desiree sent me a link to another tracking site, but I ended up having to search for a third one online that had reliable info. I got the socks about three frustrating months after I ordered them--not in 10-14 days they advertised. The only thing the company did competently was to charge my credit card the second they received my order. And the socks are good but nothing spectacular. By the way, for some reason I could never successfully post my 1-star review of the Silverlight, so I wonder if their 4.9 customer review rating is really valid.
Edit: Okay, I just finished a second long hike wearing the Silverlight socks (11-mile hike to the bottom of a hollow and then back up the other side in Shenandoah National Park--and much more demanding than anything I encountered on the CF). I wear Merrell Gloves, which are minimalist with a stone shield, and the socks do add an layer of comfort without affecting ground feel. By the end the hike, my running shorts were soaked and dripping in sweat as if I had taken a plunge into one of the pools at the bottom of the water falls along the route, but my feet meet felt dry and comfortable; it would not have occurred to me to change socks, but I would have gladly changed shorts. They didn't smell, either. It rained overnight in the campground where I stayed, and my non-waterproof Altra Lone Peaks and my Silverlight socks were quite wet after I broke camp, but my feet were warm and comfortable. I meant to check drying time of my crew socks, but I washed them in the machine rather than by hand and then ended up hanging them on a hanger between two merino wool shirts without leaving any air space. A few hours later, they are still damp as one might expect.
So my conclusion is that I really have nothing to complain about the socks themselves. The company, yes, but the product, no.
By the way, a You Tuber named Chase Mountain reviewed the socks and included a 15% discount code. I'm not sure if it's still valid, but if you want to try out the socks, you can save some money. For me, the 15% discount is payment for the aggravation.