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Did I hallucinate a post on ski-boot covers?

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I'm certain I saw a post a while back on the neoprene (?) covers some people can get for ski boots - for insulation - and making your own?

But now, whatever I put into the search, I can't find it. Am I going mad? (Relative to my original mental health point.)

I want that thread for:
a) a friend's boots are letting in snow/wet when they didn't previous, and she can't afford to replace this season

b) I might test too. Last trip to Chamonix was bitter, and toes REALLY suffered (turns out I can have boots tight enough to feel good skiing, or loose enough to have circulation, but not both ... but also snow gets in my boots if I go off piste.).

The answer might be 'new boots' to both a) and b) - but that's next season's treat unless I can persuade all my friends to club together for my b-day.

So uh - anyone posted on that thread and want to own up, so I can look through your posts to find it? Or did it not exist?

And on part b) how tight should boots feel? Some movement? None?
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OliviaDB, It was a Monium project http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=1896509

although the pictures seem to have disappeared
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Claude B wrote:
OliviaDB, It was a Monium project http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=1896509

although the pictures seem to have disappeared


You are a genius! (thank you)
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I have used these the past few trips http://www.alpenheat.com/bootcover.html
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muppet wrote:
I have used these the past few trips http://www.alpenheat.com/bootcover.html


Do they make a (big) difference?
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Saw someone wearing what looked like proper designed neoprene toe covers when on the PSB. Not a sH afaik (although maybe there was also a sH wearing them)
Also remember seeing a thread somewhere recently, but maybe it was somewhere else (or maybe age is affecting brain cells).
Letting in snow sounds like something is wrong. Even mine don't do that, and the seal bit between the 2 flaps that cover the foot has gone a bit funny (about to trim it slightly with a stanley knife). Think wet is mostly perspiration.

Don't these toe covers impede the action of the toe binding?
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OliviaDB, apologies for the disappearing photos. Unfortunately the site seems to be down that we had put them onto, so not quite as easy to follow as before.

Basically you can make them very easily - I had a problem last week in Tignes with getting cold toes, largely I think because of water getting in somewhere on my boots. So I dug out a couple of sheets of neoprene, and within an hour had another pair of boot warmers sewn together with some old ribbon.

They do make a dramatic difference. I wore them the next day, and despite the liner still being a bit damp my feet weren't cold at any stage. In fact I ended up with a cold heel, strangely, while my toes were perfectly fine.

You can buy them from a range of places for about £20 now - not sure if they are copies of the original Monium Engineering invention or something - if you don't have an old wetsuit kicking around this might be an easy option.

I would strongly recommend these to anyone who gets a bit cold later in the day, or when it is seriously cold out. They took my boots from being frozen (literally ice on the outside) to warm enough to ski all day without a hint of cold. And that was with some 2mm neoprene I had lying around. Mrs M has 7mm neoprene covers and doesn't wear them most of the time because her feet would get too hot.

They don't interfere with clips on the boots or bindings.
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Monium wrote:
OliviaDB, apologies for the disappearing photos. Unfortunately the site seems to be down that we had put them onto, so not quite as easy to follow as before.

Basically you can make them very easily - I had a problem last week in Tignes with getting cold toes, largely I think because of water getting in somewhere on my boots. So I dug out a couple of sheets of neoprene, and within an hour had another pair of boot warmers sewn together with some old ribbon.

They do make a dramatic difference. I wore them the next day, and despite the liner still being a bit damp my feet weren't cold at any stage. In fact I ended up with a cold heel, strangely, while my toes were perfectly fine.

You can buy them from a range of places for about £20 now - not sure if they are copies of the original Monium Engineering invention or something - if you don't have an old wetsuit kicking around this might be an easy option.

I would strongly recommend these to anyone who gets a bit cold later in the day, or when it is seriously cold out. They took my boots from being frozen (literally ice on the outside) to warm enough to ski all day without a hint of cold. And that was with some 2mm neoprene I had lying around. Mrs M has 7mm neoprene covers and doesn't wear them most of the time because her feet would get too hot.

They don't interfere with clips on the boots or bindings.


Awesome. Happy

Don't think I'll cut up my wetsuit just yet. Will clearly just have to invest.
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andy wrote:
Saw someone wearing what looked like proper designed neoprene toe covers when on the PSB. Not a sH afaik (although maybe there was also a sH wearing them)
Also remember seeing a thread somewhere recently, but maybe it was somewhere else (or maybe age is affecting brain cells).
Letting in snow sounds like something is wrong. Even mine don't do that, and the seal bit between the 2 flaps that cover the foot has gone a bit funny (about to trim it slightly with a stanley knife). Think wet is mostly perspiration.

Don't these toe covers impede the action of the toe binding?


Once closed, surely you wouldn't need to change the toe binding?

Hmm and double hmm.

More to think on.

Thanks.
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OliviaDB, even if you do need to adjust the toe binding (not very common) you just clip out, take the cover off, tighten up, put cover back on, clip back in. Putting the cover on and off is like putting on a pair of slippers. Takes seconds. Worth it for warm feet.
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Monium wrote:
OliviaDB, even if you do need to adjust the toe binding (not very common) you just clip out, take the cover off, tighten up, put cover back on, clip back in. Putting the cover on and off is like putting on a pair of slippers. Takes seconds. Worth it for warm feet.


Ahha- I've realised he might be talking about the foot bindings, rather than the boot clips. Hmm.
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Not sure what other people were talking about, but I thought the neoprene bit might not fit with the forward ski binding (I'm sure it can be made to work), or it looked like there was a strap under the boot (?), but I couldn't see if that might not fit with the friction plate (again, I'm sure that's fine).

Looks like a simple solution, that seems to work.
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OliviaDB, this is probably the recent thread you're thinking of http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=2153420&highlight=kosy#2153420
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I find no problem with the front binding, I just fold the front few cm of the boot cover back and it doesn't inter fear with the toe portion of the boot and ski binding.

They do help keep my toes warmer and I haven't noticed any dampness between the shell and liner in the boot. I do take them off my boots at lunchtime and let them defrost/drip dry and again in the evening I take them to the room/apartment so they are completely dry for the next day.

I was on the PSB so could well have been the person spotted wearing them.
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