I need better work socks!

Jethro · #21 10/13/06, 03:54 PM

Hey, thanks friends, I have a lot of choices to check out. I will get busy, and I love it when I can get first hand info, not some advertising speal on a glossy ad sheet. Over and over, this board has the best!!! Thanks again.

SquashNut · #22 10/13/06, 04:55 PM

does any one know where you can get good mens size 13-15 socks.
I have found size 10-15 ones but they are not the same. And some get too small after one washing.

Ed Norman · #23 10/13/06, 06:18 PM

Anybody ever use Thorlo brand? I had a friend who was a cop recommend them years ago but they were too expensive for me to try.

catahoula · #24 10/13/06, 09:19 PM

Yep, bought some Thorlos they were pretty expensive and I wore them out in the heal pretty fast, that's the thing I always wear holes in the heals, if those gold toes were gold heals I'd stick with them. I bought a bunch of those gold toes and to thier credit I never wore out the toes, but I walked holes in the heals in a day. Smart wool is the way to go no itch, preshrunk, machine washable.

peri_simmons · #25 10/14/06, 01:14 AM

Last Christmas I learned to knit. Now at almost Christmas again I am working on my second pair or socks for DH.

When you knit you can make any size.. My Dh wears a size 11 to 13 depending, you can custome make any length also. Also merino and merino blend and even alpaca are much less expensive when you buy natural fibers on-line.

MELOC · #26 10/14/06, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

The wool and wool/blend socks are great for occassional use, like hunting, hiking, outdoor sports, etc. These socks can be a hassle to wash and to be honest the brands I've purchasedover the years (which includes Wigwam) wear out easily.

For everday use, and constant washing in the wash machine, I still highly recommend Gold Toe crew socks. They are not cheap compare to other types of work/athletic socks, but they wear like iron and stand up to repeated machine washing.

i really wish i had a brand name for the wool blend socks i bought years ago. i also wish i had bought every pair they had. i wash them and toss them in the dryer at least 6-8 times per month. after two years i would say they still have a year left easy being worn at the same rate. i walk in them on concrete sometimes. thinking back...they may actually be three years old.

i wear them in the summer and winter. because they are part wool they seem to wick water away and my feet stay dryer than cotton.

i don't know what is up with the cotton/undergarment industry these days. most items just don't hold up. maybe i will try the gold toe. iwill still try to hit "the lottery" be purchasing the occassional pair of wool blend socks. my two pairs are awesome! they were cheap too.

lonelyfarmgirl · #27 10/14/06, 06:22 PM

I think Hanes makes a horrible sock. Me with foot issues is very picky. I got a pack of socks at meijers I think out of an isle box. they are the best Ive ever had. well, a couple months goes by and I go back to find more, and I cant find them anywhere, meijer, walmart kmart, nothing. They, on the underside center under the toes, they have the logo. It is a grey cirle with hands, somewhat resembles a clock with no dots or numbers. But no name brand. does anyone know what kind these are so I am not searching blind?