 Poster: A snowHead
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I intend to fit some boot heaters (to my footbeds) but am unsure where to cut the liners to feed through the power cable; my boots and liners for reference are Dalbello Lupo AX and their IF Air liners.
I have seen other liners with an imprint of where to make the incision, but not on my pair. Is there anywhere specific I should or should not make the cut; should I make a cut at all?
..Nick
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I guess it depends on the type of heated insoles you have. If they are the small panels that go under your toe area then every pair I have had has had the cut directly under where the panel fits, and the cable is then taped underside of the liner. I’ve never had any issues with this method over 20+ years and multiple boots.
I have also seen liners with the cut at the heel, which means the cable runs under the footbed for the entire length of the boot, and then the the cut is in a potential weak spot in the seam.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@big_ben, we take most of them out lateral side at the heel, on a race liner we take them out at the medial arch and then spiral the cable around the liner behind the ankle, every boot and placement is different, i have also seen people take them out at the toes and route the cable over the top of the foot
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Thank you to both for your replies.
@PowderAdict, yes, they are the small heated elements (Therm-ic insole elements) to fit under the toe area; I'm happy make a small cut in the insole to feed the cable through and to tape the cable to the underside of the insole.
@CEM, I will have a closer look at the liner to see if there are some defined areas to cut (there are on my Atomic liners), if not will look for a non-stressed area.
Thanks again,
Nick
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@big_ben, ....just before you jump...here’s a bit of a left field view. I have sorted a lot of people (particularly difficult teenagers in my family) who have genuinely suffered from cold feet but not by heated boots, by:
- making sure boots are completely dry each evening
- ensuring that the body core (chest and torso) is adequately insulated
- boot fit, insole fit and sock choice is optimum
- check incursion points re snow (some historical Atomic boots have really bad leak points)
- never over-tighten boots over the bridge of the foot, shutting off blood supply to the foot
I guess it’s vital to remember that feet have over 2000 sweat glands - mine just leak sweat continuously, and artificially heating feet can really mess up body regulation, actually increasing sweat rates and therefore foot cooling, which is particularly problematic when your battery power runs out.....
The Inuit don’t have battery powered foot heaters and don’t get cold feet because they carefully regulate core temperature......
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Thanks @valais2,
I am probably the least cold person I know and 'nearly' never suffer with cold feet, a lot due to already adhering to your advice above.
....however, there were a couple occasions last season when we skied in what I'd consider really cold conditions, and owing to a number of circumstances out of our control there was a lot of hanging around outdoors waiting for lifts to reopen; this is when I would start to feel the cold.
I will fit them and probably hardly ever use them, but at least they are there for when I do need them.
Nick
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@big_ben, ...that makes a lot of sense....I suffered badly from cold feet when looking after my infants - the year 2 to year 4 period - and dealt with it by buying some really roomy park boots (Salomon 1080s) which are now redundant - and I can see entirely your rationale for the heaters.....
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