 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, what are your thoughts on how to get rid of the whiff from the liners? I ski hot and my feet do sweat a tad ! i"m guessing the liners are quite a few years old now and although they are snug and fit pretty good still I am thinking of going back to the shop and getting some new ones fitted. I have a narrow foot and took ages getting the right boot to fit so i am louth to just chuck them and get new. I do get sometimes a tiny bit of numbness on the the base of my toe joints ( not the ball of the foot but across to wards the little toe) but mainly when i start skiing again it goes. So i was also thinking that could help with new insoles. But if the whiff could go i could just try new insoles and not the whole linner. Thoughts please 
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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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@bigtoe, i have the same problem. I usually have to replace liners every 3seasons or so.
Top tips.
1. New insoles won’t help.
2. Try covering your feet with Vicks ointment each morning.
3. Try covering your socks with vicks
Seriously, the eucalyptus and thymol oils are masking the smell, and somewhat anti-bacterial and fungicidal.
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My feet are as fresh as a daisy...however, my son's are not - here's some things he's found useful:
- liners out & dried each night
- socks washed & dried each night (take 2 pairs)
- Scholl or similar foot powder in socks & in the liner. It's anti-bacterial & anti fungal.
- Boot Bananas
- liners washed & soaked in Mirazyme once a year. Probably doesn't do much for the fit of the liners - they're standard Salomon, nothing fancy.
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Ill try some of the Scholl shoe spray and see if that works, But think it will be new liners. Maybe a trip to the ski shop on sunday. Thanks for the replies
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@spyderjon, excellent. boots going in now. They are quite close to freezing any how as I've left em outside thanks
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@spyderjon, just an up date. The liners now have no whiff. I left them to freeze outside for a couple of nights and its now gone. Took them after they stopped ponging to the boot shop and he put me on a mirror type bed saw my arch was dropping slightly which he says will account for the slight numbness. So new standard medium foot beds and a little wedge under the heal to take up a little slack in the boot to stop the heal lift. I am set to go. thanks for the advise
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As I side note, what socks do you wear?
Don't. Wear. Cotton. Socks - even as inners. Cotton absorbs sweat and just radiates BO all day. Merino ski socks let your feet breath through the liner better.
I normally suffer from relatively sweaty feet and the decisive factor in reducing smelly boots has been wearing merino socks with no inners. I used to wear cotton inners for warmth, until Colin pointed out that the reason I had cold feet was probably the sweat getting trapped in the cotton inner and then cooling my feet. Merino ski socks have given me warmer feet and less BO.
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Easy answer is don't wear socks. I've actually taken it a step further and don't wear boots either. I've adjusted the bindings so they fit my bare feet. That first clip in in the morning is a tad uncomfortable but once you've done a couple of runs, especially in powder and your feet are numb so no pain. On the up side you end up with really clean feet. The downside is you need someone to help set the forward pressure setting as this has to be done with your feet in the bindings.
HTH 
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Easy answer is don't wear socks. I've actually taken it a step further and don't wear boots either. I've adjusted the bindings so they fit my bare feet. That first clip in in the morning is a tad uncomfortable but once you've done a couple of runs, especially in powder and your feet are numb so no pain. On the up side you end up with really clean feet. The downside is you need someone to help set the forward pressure setting as this has to be done with your feet in the bindings.
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Any chance of some pictures?
I tried last night but couldn't manage to get any toe retention, do you think I should switch to dynafits?
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