 Poster: A snowHead
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hi,
ok, so i haven't skiied for about 5 yrs, yet today my feet were frozen, i never recalled them feeling like this b4.
what can be done to help me keep feet warm. i was wearing a pair of nordica socks and ski in salomon x wave8's
or was it due to very short runs and lots of pulley lifts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Try wearing a smartwool sock. Don't over tighten your boots and see how it goes. Maybe if you're in new boots you're try to think to much about their feeling and feeling the cold that was always there. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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zakopane, Get a survival blanket and wrap a small portion of it round the hard insole of your boot shell. this does help quite a lot. (practical experience). If this is not enough, seriously consider boot heaters. Alternatively (& I haven't tried this yet) you can get air activated heated insoles from Morrisons (seem to be made by Jeyes).
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| easiski wrote: |
| zakopane, Get a survival blanket and wrap a small portion of it round the hard insole of your boot shell. this does help quite a lot. (practical experience). If this is not enough, seriously consider boot heaters. Alternatively (& I haven't tried this yet) you can get air activated heated insoles from Morrisons (seem to be made by Jeyes). |
Doh, may pinch this idea, may have some modifications on the theme. Thanks Easiski
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Thanks,
I'll be trying these tips 2morrow
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Yes thats a good idea easiski, as i also suffer from cold feet and toes.
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zakopane, I fitted Thermic heated insoles to Deb's X-Wave 8's & she thought that they were great when we were in L2A in October. It wasn't that cold but she only had them on the first of three settings.
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I've been doing this for years, started with tin foil and then graduated to survival blanket!!!! No enough for me though, and have bought boot heaters this year! 
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| zakopane wrote: |
hi,
ok, so i haven't skiied for about 5 yrs, yet today my feet were frozen, i never recalled them feeling like this b4.
what can be done to help me keep feet warm. |
I had this same problem last season. Boots that I'd been happily skiing in for the last couple of seasons suddenly gave me cold, numb feet. What I didn't realise is that the boots had a puddle of water in the heel and slightly damp liners which had never leaked before. I found out by pulling out the liner...
The boots kept my feet much warmer after I'd let them dry with the liner outside the shell, which I had to do every night after that...no amount of duct tape was stopping the leak!
Anyway, it's worth pulling out your liners to take a look what's going on.
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easiski,
Cheers pet, wish i could send you a photo of what we did. Eventually were able to shrink wrap the liner with the survival blanket, looked perfect, not a crease in sight. I think this may become quite a popular modification for our racers as it doesn't effect regulation and makes a huge difference to those using plug liners. I owe you one, can be so dumb sometimes, has to be said, those whom know me think i've my head up my ass. Cheers again.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, The advantage being no weight and takes up no space either. Really - necessity is the mother of invention! I had cold feet and not money ...... Glad it worked well.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Um, what do you wear on your head?
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You know it makes sense.
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easiski, I should have put zakopane's name in my post!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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i have just bought some thermic ic insoles - £50 looking 4wd to trying them out.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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zakopane, so, what do you wear on your head?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Wear The Fox Hat, should the correct answer be a fox?
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I am getting really quite concerned about my toes.... I have skied in the very cold before and not had real problems. However, I am sitting at home and my toes are blocks of ice inspite of the heat being on and them being well covered..... it beats me why, I am really very tolerant to the cold anywhere else on my body and I am presuming it must be me just getting older (though im not sure 24 is old enough!). Do the thermal insoles really work? They look very expensive in general.
Id need some which would work in the US (120V) but Id be reluctant to buy anything that then wouldnt work here at 230V. I have noticed thermic, hotronics and alpenheat.... are they all roughly the same? Where is the cheapest I can get something (I am reluctant to spend £100 for something which will only be worn just over a dozen times a year!)?
Zakopane: where did you get your insoles and was that a price for the insole only or including battery pack?
Thanks
Adam
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Fox is being serious. The largest proportion of heat loss is from the head, due to the massive amount of blood flow to the brain (well, to mine, anyway).
Under cold stress, the body will want to maintain this, and may do so at the cost of cutting down circulation to the less essential extremities - like feet.
So, to keep your feet warm, wrap your head up well!
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I road tested the Morrisons air activated heated insoles yesterday (1 use only), and they worked quite well. My toes were a little cold twice, but I think they would have been frozen without the insoles. Quite expensive at about £5 per pair for one use only, but for ocasional use I'd recommend them.
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| easiski wrote: |
| I road tested the Morrisons air activated heated insoles yesterday (1 use only), and they worked quite well. My toes were a little cold twice, but I think they would have been frozen without the insoles. Quite expensive at about £5 per pair for one use only, but for ocasional use I'd recommend them. |
 Unfortunately we dont have Morrisons
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Acacia, thank you for that, I sometimes notice how easily the simple facts get ignored...
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buns, They're made by Jeyes so the chance is they'll be sold elsewhere, but the only place I've seen them was in Morrisons. I've written to Jeyes to ask where else they're available, and whether they'd even thought of skiing as an application . I will keep snowheads updated when I have information!
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Are they anything like these Easiski?
http://www.winterswarmth.com/products/grabber/toewarmer.htm
I know I can get hold of those at about £1.50 a pair which is acceptable..... I presume they are simple the same as handwarmers, but moulded for feet (using handwarmers seems a bit uncomfy to me!).
Adam
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Keeping the core warm also prevents the extremities freezing, ie plenty of fleeces or a gilet
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I bought my thermic insoles for 70 zloty = £12, the battery pack 200 zloty = £35 in Poland
I have just come back from 3 days skiing, no cold feet, yet i thought my feet would be really warm(ie: sweaty) but they weren't like that either.
Very happy that I had no cold feet, the temp was -11 at the top of the mountain.
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Ah nuts.... im not going to poland this week 
Just bought some of the toe warmer 'hot pads' so hoping they will do the trick ok
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You know it makes sense.
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buns, No - the ones I have are sole shaped and very slim. they really don't affect the fit of the boot at all. I wrote to Jeyes about them, and have already had a phone call and an email! Very impressive. I can get them wholesale in the UK, but you do have to order a lot. Aparently they should retail at about £1.29! Will keep you posted when I've investigated further. I used them again today to good effect. I'm loath to cut a hole in my foamed inners, and avoid the thermal ones cos they're not very comfy!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Oh very interesting easiski..... for someone going away in 10 days, do you know of anyone in the UK who sells them mail or internet order style?
Adam
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