 Poster: A snowHead
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queen bodecia, yes, mine are thermics - can never remember the difference. If you buy a pack like this http://ecom1.sno-ski.com/product289.html you can just put the heating bits into your existing insoles - I was glad to let someone who knew what they were doing do it, but I had done it myself previously with an old insole. You slide the heating element between the two layers.
The wires are pretty vulnerable - the join between the wire itself and the little terminal - and completely impossible to fix if you rip them, as I have several times. I have a battery pack which you recharge - far better than the ones using separate AA batteries, which are the cheapest. I used to have those, several years ago.
Surely your menopausal symptoms don't have you keeping warm all the time? I agree that hot flashes are a complete pain, but in between you can feel quite cold and shivery? I remember going up a long drag lift in a very cold wind, really chilly, then having a very well timed one which kept me toasty to the top. 
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pam w, thanks. Dreading the thought of getting the liners and footbeds out of and back into my boots again, can these insoles be fitted without doing that? You're right that the wires look a bit vulnerable and the rechargeable packs look better. I like the thought of boot dryers too but since I usually rent lockers for my equipment rather than lugging it about from lifts to hotel via several bars, they're probably no use to me.
And yes I alternate between too hot or too cold with very little middle ground. Mostly it's when I'm moving about I get uncomfortably hot and also during the night. During the day sat still at work in a dark air-conditioned room I'm always freezing!
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queen bodecia, are the lockers you rent heated? if not that maybe one of the issues with putting on cold boots first thing?
Removing liners/footbeds is actually not that hard, with a bit of leverage...I'll see if I can find some pics/video on how to do it, you should be removing the liners and footbeds to dry after a weeks holiday anyhow....
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kitenski, it varies from resort to resort. They were brilliant in Courmayeur, with heated prongs in each locker to store the boots on. In La Thuile it was just a heated room with lockers in it but seemed to do the job of drying the boots out OK (and was uncomfortably warm inside with all your ski gear on!).
My boots are still really stiff, I guess they will gradually loosen up with use. At the moment it's a tough job just getting them on and off my feet, I haven't dared attempt getting the liners or footbeds in or out by myself.
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DB, do you have to plug the portable dryers in somewhere or are they rechargeable? I don't ever remember seeing plug sockets in boot locker rooms. Plus most lockers you just have to store them standing upright, only the ones in Courmayeur were a bit more sophisticated.
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queen bodecia,
Yes you have to plug them in. If there's no space on the dryer or the ski locker room doesn't have a decent dryer I use my plug in dryer. If there isn't a plug free in the locker room I usually dry them overnight in the hotel bathroom because there's normaly a plug there and the room is ventilated. One stick goes into each boot pushed up to the toe while the boot stands with the sole flat on the floor.
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DB, I tend to use ski/boot lockers at lift base stations so plugging boot dryers in isn't going to be an option for me. Never mind. Boot warmers with rechargeable batteries sounds an adequate alternative.
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i take my thermic heaters with me everywhere and use em after each day in the freezer..
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I use a thermic setup every time I put my race boots on. I find they work to a certain temp and after that you get one patch of your foot that is burning but your feet are so cold its hard to tell if its burning hot or freezing cold. So when its 0 to round -15 thats ok, after -15 they become less effective and dont seem to warm the whole foot, but I just have the small pad that goes down near the toe, not a full heated insole which I reckon would be the ideal solution as then you would never even need the NO.3 setting which is very very hot!
Also for battery life they last better with each use and life-wise if you keep the battery somewhere warmer than the side of the boot. Its not expensive for extension cables on they massively increase the lifespan of the battery if you keep it in a jacket pocket or pants pocket.
Generally, I would say they are worth it. Having cold feet is rubbish!
Another point, I have never needed them in my freeskiing boots, just the race boot as circulation is bad and the liner is incredibly thin, and the shell doesnt have the tightest seal.
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I use a thermic setup every time I put my race boots on. I find they work to a certain temp and after that you get one patch of your foot that is burning but your feet are so cold its hard to tell if its burning hot or freezing cold. So when its 0 to round -15 thats ok, after -15 they become less effective and dont seem to warm the whole foot, but I just have the small pad that goes down near the toe, not a full heated insole which I reckon would be the ideal solution as then you would never even need the NO.3 setting which is very very hot!
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Glad I am not the only one to experience the burning sole, I thought it was me/my numb feet/my set-up.
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