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Hello there,
I'll be in the camino on late August, and i have the opportunity to buy one of the mentioned above socks,
specifically the Icebreaker hike+lite/mid crew, or Smartwool phd outdoor light mid crew.
Which one do you think willl manage the best?
I have the north face hedgehog mid gtx shoe if it matters.
Thanks.
Thanks for your message.I have Icebreaker mid crews and swear by them - no liner necessary. Had to sell a small grandchild to buy them but worth it!
You really really won't know until you try them. There are a whole bunch of factors that come into play. It is possible to generalise about a lot of them - eg wool = good, cotton = bad, and bulky seams where your toe touches the shoe is never a good idea, but fit is completely personal to you, depends partly on your feet and partly on the shoes/boots you will be wearing, and the more the cumulative mileage then the more that this matters. It has taken me a long while to find socks that fit like socks should (and will continue to fit at the end of my Camino) My suggestion would be to buy one pair and walk the heck out of them, washing them regularly under worst case Camino conditions (boil wash with cheap detergent and tumble dry on high). Smartwool can get a little stupid under those conditions.Hello there,
I'll be in the camino on late August, and i have the opportunity to buy one of the mentioned above socks,
specifically the Icebreaker hike+lite/mid crew, or Smartwool phd outdoor light mid crew.
Which one do you think willl manage the best?
I have the north face hedgehog mid gtx shoes if it matters.
Thanks.
Hi, I think you have to try /decide yourself wich one to use.Hello there,
I'll be in the camino on late August, and i have the opportunity to buy one of the mentioned above socks,
specifically the Icebreaker hike+lite/mid crew, or Smartwool phd outdoor light mid crew.
Which one do you think willl manage the best?
I have the north face hedgehog mid gtx shoes if it matters.
Thanks.
I am not quite as hard over as @Patch on this, but over many years walking with many different brands, I have formed the view that there are few if any differences in the performance of different brands. The practical performance of wool and wool blend socks is not better than man made fibres, and I have found wool and wool blends are generally are slower to dry and less durable. I think factors like the fibre composition, sock thickness and sock construction are more important than branding.I went through the sock debate years ago. Special socks no seams, double socks with talc etc. Finally found the solution is to use my everyday socks and reduce the pack weight and stop when you have had enough. Now I can use my walking boots for every day use - gardening, walking down the pub, weddings etc
Interesting review site. I really appreciate that (especially where merino is concerned - that and down are my two pet concerns for animal welfare so far as my outdoor clothing’s concerned) ethics are first on the list.I really liked the Icebreaker merino socks but both the Icebreaker and Smartwool socks I had died much quicker than the Darn Tough ones I got.
Harder to find in europe but definitely worth finding the Darn Toughs! i used this Icebreaker vs Smartwool vs Darn Tough sock comparison to make my choice
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