• the_weez
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    52 months ago

    Ok, but for real is it any good? I bought some cheap stuff for my hiking first aid kit and it doesn’t stick worth a damn.

    • Xanthrax
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      102 months ago

      Moleskin should work. Also wear dress socks under your regular socks. You’ll get fewer blisters.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        This is the first I’m hearing about double socking needing to be dress socks, are you sure that’s a thing?

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          Not really, but because dress socks tend to be thinner, they won’t feel as bad as two regular socks in one boot.

        • Xanthrax
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          Yeah, I learned it from guys in the army. It’s because dress socks reduce friction, and the normal socks absorb sweat.

          • @[email protected]
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            22 months ago

            Why doesn’t the army just make blister-preventing socks?

            That really sounds like some amazing government invention that gets everywhere. Like accelerometers. Or Tang.

              • @[email protected]
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                12 months ago

                Nah a lot of times government inventions get sold under license. Gov invents it and private industry perfects it. Within 5 years you’d have Darn Tough blisterproof socks and gov gets a fraction of every sale. It’s how NASA has the best ROI in the government.