 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been wearing Falke SK2 socks for a few years and although I'm pretty happy with them I find they compress quite a bit after a seasons wearing them (approx 60 days use). I'm ready to buy some more for this year but wondered if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I like my Falke socks (SK4s), Teko light are good too. I put my finger through a pair of socks when putting the on last season, I think they were Smartwool phd - they were from TKMaxx though.
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Another vote here for smartwool Ultra lights - clarky999, bought some Racer socks from there last time at a great price.
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I have some Smartwool ones, not sure exactly which weight they are but fairly light. Have been great and were on offer for around £8 each in TKMaxx a couple of years ago.
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I have ordered some Ortovox Rock and Wool socks from Tim of Snow Sheppard and they are looking pretty good, apparently comparable with my SK4 socks
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What's wrong with my C&A tubes?
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What a great problem to have, I have not done 60 days in mine since a bought them 3 years ago!! And I alternate pairs, should get about 16 more years out of them!!
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First world problem?
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Smartwool PhD here too
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You know it makes sense.
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Sk2 is a 'Normal' thickness sock. An SK4 or Teko Light or Smartwool Phd Ultra Light socks are much thinner so IMO can't be offered up as a replacement.
For quite some time i've skied in SK4's and my only comment upon them would be to choose a size smaller so the sock is slightly taught when new, thus still fitting well ( avoiding 'rugging up') after some initial stretch.
Don't think i've ever worn a pair of SK4's out!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm with @Tim Heeney, Falke SK4 are great socks.
Can't speak about the Teko Light or Smartwool Phd Ultra Light, as I haven't tried them, but people say good things about them.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@PowderAdict, I've tried the Smartwool compression. Can't ski with them. I use them only for recovery after skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@897sma, SK4's, used to wear sk2's but 4's much better.
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| First world problem? |
This - although I'm rather taken with the idea of "Recovery Socks"... do they work on hangovers? Do they work when recovering a MkII Escort from a ditch?
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| 897sma wrote: |
| I've been wearing Falke SK2 socks for a few years and although I'm pretty happy with them I find they compress quite a bit after a seasons wearing them (approx 60 days use). |
I tend to change mine more frequently. Now if it was underpants we were talking about....
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I really don't think socks are such a big issue. I possess some Falke, which were either bought in extremis, or were presents as they are too freaking expensive for words.
Decathlon.
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Aldi have some in the sale.
or will do by sunday anyway.
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@under a new name, I don't agree, really important imo, cheap socks equals cold feet, baggy fit and boot issue ime. I've got a drawer full of old ski socks that I wear now for mountainbiking and throw them away when they get full of holes and beyond skiing use, theyre just washed out and no structure to them but good for mud bashing in the woods.
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With @Markymark29, here.
I only wear Falke SK4, Boots were molded whilst wearing SK4's and i try never to wear the same pair on consecutive days... works well for me. Happy feet incredibly important.
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I bought 3 pairs of Falke SK4s in a sale in the summer. Last season I tried to ski in my race boots wearing a slightly thicker ski sock, about medium thicknesss. After an hour the pain got too much. They are foam injection liners though so very comfy with the correct socks but not a mm to spare.
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@under a new name, the Falke SK4 socks i buy are £20 a pair (2015/16 season). To me, that £20 a pair is a consistent article that i can rely upon not to let me down during a ski day. I look at it this way, a days skiing during a holiday abroad is about £ 120 to £180 per day and i get at least 2 years out of a sock - for the assurance of quality, i'm not over doing it really.
i haven't yet needed the energizing or the merino wool socks - just the ordinary SK4 is fine for me... 
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@Tim Heeney, there is a certain element if wind up going on of course, but I really truly don't think Falkes are pink unicorns...
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@Tim Heeney,+1
@under a new name, each to their own, i'm with Tim on this - one, thing though the pointy bit on the pink unicorn might dig in a bit.
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I think if a pair of socks is making that much difference, there are bigger problems to investigate
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like what?....that your boots are a precise comfy fit with a thin, tight fitting sock, don't see much to worry about there, more to be concerned about with baggy thick ill-fitting socks with ridges and slack boots surely?
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You know it makes sense.
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Much prefer Teko to Smartwool - more comfortable and not so thick.
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For touring I got some lovely Salomon compression socks. Much less issue with rubbing on heels and resulting blisters for longer tours.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@PowderAdict, yikes. I would need to be sponsored.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have used just about every type of ski sock over the years from Tubes years ago which were pretty rubbish,
Silk ones, Falke, Hemp socks but my favourites now and for the last couple of years are:
Helly Hansen Merino wool mix socks available from TK-Max at 2 pairs for £9.99
The TK Max ones are marked "Nursery" ... but I have never seen the GS or Slalom ones.
Actually I'm wearing them now.
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I need to audit my socks. I have no idea how many I have.
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I wore my Falke socks yesterday .. I have nothing else to do.
I forgot that they are foot specific, L & R .. I put one on the wrong foot at first.
And they have the size on the side as well.
But they are not as warm as the HH's and also my feet felt a bit sweaty by the evening,and I had not even been skiing!
They probably cost me about £20 as well.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @PowderAdict, yikes. I would need to be sponsored. |
£79 for a pair of socks?!? You'd need to be mad!
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Is the Smartwool PhD ultra similar to the Falke in having R and L? Doesn't seem on their picture...
I really love the Falke SK2, but a new higher end boot purchase makes we want a thinner sock... The price of the Smartwool is definitely attractive, but the Falke's been amazing...
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@szladob, the blue and purple ones, yes, yellow not so much.
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I buy some smartwool phd ultralights whenever I see them on sale so normally pay about £10 a pair.
All I really need is a thin, tight fitting / non baggy sock that doesn't get too sweaty. Suspect I could find something cheaper but I know I'll be comfortable in those.
I've started wearing compression socks for running and I reckon they might also work well for skiing but they aren't cheaper.
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Wow, i just use my regular black everyday socks - which are as light and thin as i can find. No problems with cold etc.
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