LAMILITE SOCKS

YOU CANNOT TELL ME DIFFERENTLY

For the past two years I have been wearing my Lamilite socks with my chukker boots or 10-inch boots once the winter showed up. Well it has showed up in spades here in Grand Junction.

This morning when I left my house the temperature showing up on my dashboard was 14. Two hours later when I took Cookie out for her morning walk it was 8 degrees.

Last night we had our first snowfall, maybe one-half inch. Due to the cold temperature it does not melt around the factory.

This morning I decided to perform an experiment; instead of wearing the Lamilite socks in my chukker boots I put on a pair of thick wool socks I have had for maybe 4 years that I purchased at Cabelas but hadn’t worn for the past two years so I know they are basically full thickness.

I drove to the factory and have been mostly at my desk from 8 AM till 10 AM when I took Cookie out. I was out walking with her for about 15/20 minutes and my toes were definitely getting cold in the short period of time even though my boots are Lamilite lined. Tomorrow I’ll be wearing the Lamilite socks.

During the time prior to walking Cookie all of the moisture emanating from my feet was being absorbed by the wool. The wool has been subject to the moisture coming out of my feet since I put the socks on at 7:30 AM. Being thick they are capable of holding a great deal of moisture and will not be passing it through the Lamilite lining of the boots. The end result as I observed is cold feet very quickly once I was outside in 8-degree temperature.

If the temperature was 20-degrees it would have taken a little longer and if colder much sooner.

As the owner of the company it is behooving of me so long as I am capable to find out how well if at all the products I sell perform. Years ago that was the way things were in the outdoor industry. Today that is not the case.

If every sock manufacturer were to wear their thick wool socks in any boot, they would have the same reaction as I have, cold feet. If every boot manufacturer were to wear these heavy wool socks, they too would have the same reaction as I have, cold feet. I have to believe they the manufacturers of socks and boots do or used to test their products and have learned that they have always had cold feet. So, they probably no longer test their products because they know they will always have the same result.

Most of the sellers of these products are marketing companies today even though some actually have factories. Each and every year they have new things to say about the old products that they have been making for years. They change the colors or some other treatment but the socks are the same as the boots are the same.

Well at Wiggy’s we concentrate on making the same things from year to year because they work. The sleeping bags had one change and that was when the Climashield used for the Lamilite was improved. That extended to all of the other products made with Lamilite as well as new products made with Lamilite and a perfect example is the socks.

The Lamilite socks came about after the Climashield was improved some years ago. So, if you want to have warm feet in boots that do not have Lamilite lining in them you need Lamilite socks.

So, nobody can tell me differently that they have warm feet when wearing wool socks on a cold day unless of course they are inside as I am as I write this article but would not have if I were outside for any length of time. A word to the wise is sufficient.

The next testimonial came to me today and when I looked at it I then saw the second one that has been on the web site for a while so I decided that it too had to be published for a second time.

1. Fantastic

I bought two pairs of these based on the positive reviews I had seen and I wasn't disappointed.
I wear them in my Wellington boots (what you would call rain boots I suppose) and they are amazing.

The moisture is wicked away so that after being worn for hours, my feet are still dry even though the outside if the socks are damp and the lining of the boots are wet.

I not sure what rating these had for insulation, but even though it’s never terribly cold here in Ireland, my feet are just warm enough (without being too warm). You forget that you're wearing them after a while.
An added benefit is that because there's two layers (at least) of material between your feet and the soles of the boots, you won’t get friction blisters if you are doing a lot of walking - something that has happened to me when my wool socks got wet and were gripping the insides of the boots

My only regret is that I bought the shorter ones rather than the 13 inch because I figured I'd be wearing them in hiking boots rather that my wellies. But a new order will fix that!

– Irish Guy

• 2.13" Socks In 90 Degree Heat.

I've been wearing these as the weather got warmer. Local temperature has been in the low 90's a day or three. They work just as well as during the winter. When I remove them at the end of the day, the inside of my boots and the bottom of the liners are soaked, but my feet are dry. I'm definitely going to try the new lightweight summer socks. Thank you for all of the great products Wiggy's makes.

– Brent Evans