by Will N To » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:24 pm
Smartwool liners work well. I usually get hot spots and blisters when there's rubbing. So it's usually finding the right 'fit'. I recently did a lot of smartwool liners and smartwool socks (I think about a medium thickness or weight). They add some warmth, and as my socks started to get 'sloppy and saggy' (3 pairs of socks for three months, hiking boots) the liners helped. Silkliners? wasted money, they don't seem to hold up at all. With Merino smartwool, If I can let a pair of stinky socks air out (inside out) for two days, the stinky is mostly gone. If you find it hard to tell the aired out socks from the washed but not worn ones? That's a good sign.
I've also switched to merino undies and t-shirt base layers. I can wear the same stuff for 2-3 hot sweaty days and still not reek. With synthetics I reek in a matter of hours. Cotton? 8-9 hours. (A really good synthetic layer seems to be the perfect medium for aromatic bacteria cultivation--so make sure the fellow dating the girl you like is fully supplied with synthetic underwear.) I've washed merino t-shirts because they had residual sweat salt stains but still didn't stink. Also Gold Bond powder. My son told me soldiers swear by it. And don't forget about Fabreez! The UK is lucky because you can get unscented Fabreez. I've sprayed my nasty smelling boots, a rental car I was dirtbag camping in. Amazing stuff.
