 Poster: A snowHead
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Is it necessray to take out the liner everytime you want to dry a boot for storage?
I usually do this, leave them on the radiator, leave the shell next to the radiator but not too close and them put them all back after a few days.
Just wondering if this is (a) bad for the liner doing it every few weeks, and (b) whether they would dry just by putting them near the radiator for a few days?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would leave them NEXT TO the radiator for a few days. We had a client recently who left both his boots and liners on a hot radiator every night and eventually melted his liners. Muppet. If your boots have been heat moulded it is important not to subject them to too direct or high temperatures. Boot dryers/blowers are usually ok and leaving them next to or under a radiator will proomote air circulation within the liner to help dry it.
Drying the liner regularly will help increase the life-span of the liner and also stop them smelling too much.
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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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But you always separate them or will they dry just leaving them in the shell but near radiator?
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Best to separate them.
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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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NAKEDZOOKEEPER, Last year I separated mine after a weeks skiing and they were very damp - I thoroughly dried them a respectable distance from the radiator for nearly a week before I was happy. This year I've used my new boot drier every night after skiing for all the night and again after I got them home. Do you reckon I need to struggle the liners out and in now that I've got the drier? How good a job do they do?
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well im not a zoo keeper, and im certainly not naked, but i would say the boot dryer will do the trick, especially if you used it every day whilst skiing. I dont really like taking out my liners because im not a profetional and fear i may do more damage than good 
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jwhiteley1, They are such rotten things to get back in as well too!
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well yeah, you cna just use brute force and ignorance to get them out, had to get one of my friends who is a v. good skier to put them back in for me, so wont be taking them out again, unless they are soaking wet the night before a powder day 
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NAKEDZOOKEEPER, I'm a scaredy cat skier and sometimes I cant control my .. you know ..self. When I p myself will my boots need special airing ? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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IME even if you use a boot dryer, damp gets in between the inner and outer boot. This means you get cold feet very quickly! I was surprised when I remove my inners to see how mush damp there was. [And even more surprised to see a steel(?) shank - is this common?]
I now remove the inners half way through a weeks skiing to ensure everything is thoroughly dried out overnight.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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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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My "new this year" boots are a translucent plastic (orange), and you can see through it well enough to see all the condensation inside - and the they get much wetter than I ever imagined they would, despite my feet being bone dry inside. This has made me much more picky about taking the liners out to let everything dry properly.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have used my boots on three trips nnow, with a year between each.
In each case, the hotel had those boot drier racks, which the boots were left on each night (including the last night after I finished skiing).
I have never attempted to remove the liners.
I have never felt any cold or damp, and the boots don't smell when I stick my nose in them.
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