Goretex trainers size 14

Trevor Appleton said:

Anyone know where I can buy any?

No, but do you really want to? Goretex in a training show
will add cost and weight and make them *much* sweatier, and
since they're low cut you'll quite possibly get wet feet
anyway from it getting in the big hole in the top! With
something as light as a trainer and a decent pair of socks
wet feet are often not much of a problem, which is why
thousands of orienteers never really let it worry them.

Pete.
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Anyone know where I can buy any?

Yarrows :-)

KRO

I normally were ordinary cheap trainers but my socks end up
ringing wet, and I take them off every time I stop to dry
them. I just assumer Gore-Tex would be better.

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Trevor Appleton said:

Anyone know where I can buy any?

No, but do you really want to? Goretex in a training
show will add cost and weight and make them *much*
sweatier, and since they're low cut you'll quite
possibly get wet feet anyway from it getting in the big
hole in the top! With something as light as a trainer
and a decent pair of socks wet feet are often not much
of a problem, which is why thousands of orienteers never
really let it worry them.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111 ext.
33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382
640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
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Try gortex socks if still available! I have a pair (Bought
in 1998) and still work. They came in all sizes up to a
size 15 UK.
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I normally were ordinary cheap trainers but my socks end
up ringing wet,

and

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I take them off every time I stop to dry them. I just
assumer Gore-Tex

would

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be better.

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Trevor Appleton said:

Anyone know where I can buy any?

No, but do you really want to? Goretex in a training
show will add cost and weight and make them *much*
sweatier, and since they're low cut you'll quite
possibly get wet feet anyway from it getting in the big
hole in the top! With something as light as a trainer
and a decent pair of socks wet feet are often not much
of a problem, which is why thousands of orienteers never
really let it worry them.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch University of Dundee Tel 44 1382 660111
ext. 33637 Medical Physics, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44
1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
[email hidden]
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Try gortex socks if still available! I have a pair (Bought
in 1998) and still work. They came in all sizes up to a
size 15 UK.
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Where from?

Trevor Appleton said:

I normally were ordinary cheap trainers but my socks end
up ringing wet, and I take them off every time I stop to
dry them. I just assumer Gore-Tex would be better.

If you're worried about wet feet in trainers then there's a
brief review of some waterproof socks in the latest TGO. I
can't say I was very impressed when I tried them but that
was a few years ago and I believe they've changed the design
since then.

hth,

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Trevor Appleton said:

I normally were ordinary cheap trainers but my socks end
up ringing wet, and I take them off every time I stop to
dry them. I just assumer Gore-Tex would be better.

If you're worried about wet feet in trainers then there's a
brief review of some waterproof socks in the latest TGO. I
can't say I was very impressed when I tried them but that
was a few years ago and I believe they've changed the
design since then.

As the writer, I'll just point out the piece is a review of
some new items from SealSkinz. It's not a test report as I
haven't used any of the items described. However I have
tested SealSkinz Mid Thermal Merino socks and I find them
excellent, far better than the Mid Light and Long Light
socks, which don't have merino wool inners.

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Try gortex socks if still available! I have a pair
(Bought in 1998) and still work. They came in all sizes
up to a size 15 UK.
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Where from?

SealSkinz are a good brand.

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Brian

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If you're worried about wet feet in trainers then there's
a brief review of some waterproof socks in the latest
TGO. I can't say I was very impressed when I tried them
but that was a few years ago and I believe they've
changed the design since then.

As the writer, I'll just point out the piece is a review
of some new items from SealSkinz. It's not a test report
as I haven't used any of the items described. However I
have tested SealSkinz Mid Thermal Merino socks and I find
them excellent, far better than the Mid Light and Long
Light socks, which don't have merino wool inners.

Does the merino wool part mean they don't have that slightly
"rigid" feel (iyswim) that the original SealSkinz socks had
? I couldn't get on with them because of that, and the fact
that they simply wouldn't stay up. Also the pair I had
weren't waterproof, idk what I did to break that but other
people seemed happy enough with their pairs in that respect.

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If you're worried about wet feet in trainers then
there's a brief review of some waterproof socks in the
latest TGO. I can't say I was very impressed when I
tried them but that was a few years ago and I believe
they've changed the design since then.

As the writer, I'll just point out the piece is a review
of some new items from SealSkinz. It's not a test report
as I haven't used any of the items described. However I
have tested SealSkinz Mid Thermal Merino socks and I
find them excellent, far better than the Mid Light and
Long Light socks, which don't have merino wool inners.

Does the merino wool part mean they don't have that
slightly "rigid" feel (iyswim) that the original SealSkinz
socks had ? I couldn't get on with them because of that,
and the fact that they simply wouldn't stay up. Also the
pair I had weren't waterproof, idk what I did to break that
but other people seemed happy enough with their pairs in
that respect.

The latest SealSkinz socks are quite flexible, unlike the
original ones, which I found uncomfortable too. The merino
ones are softer against the skin than the non-merino ones
but no more flexible.

They aren't quite as comfortable as ordinary wool socks
however. I only wear them when the alternative is cold wet
feet. Last autumn I wore them for a week in trail shoes on a
trip that was a bit colder and wetter than I'd hoped - with
wet snow and rain almost every day. My feet stayed warm and
dry throughout.

The latest socks stay up and so far they've stayed
waterproof. The merino ones have had around a month's
use in total.

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Anyone know where I can buy any?

Yarrows :-)

If this is an outdoor shop, then I can't find it

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The latest SealSkinz socks are quite flexible, unlike the
original ones, which I found uncomfortable too. The merino
ones are softer against the skin than the non-merino ones
but no more flexible.

They aren't quite as comfortable as ordinary wool socks
however. I only wear them when the alternative is cold wet
feet. Last autumn I wore them for a week in trail shoes on
a trip that was a bit colder and wetter than I'd hoped -
with wet snow and rain almost every day. My feet stayed
warm and dry throughout.

The latest socks stay up and so far they've stayed
waterproof. The merino ones have had around a month's use
in total.

They sound like a big improvement. The Brighton YHA shop
that closed when Karrimor went bust looks to be reopening
under a new name and if they have any on special opening
offer I may try again.

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Anyone know where I can buy any?

Yarrows :-)

If this is an outdoor shop, then I can't find it

I think it was taken over by another company. Shame, their
stuff performed well in the wet.

KRO