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If you spend any amount of time in the rain your feet will be wet regardless of boot material so the boots have to fit well, and support well. Ideally dry fast so when it stops raining and being shit your feet go back to being fine

are waterproof socks viable?

Waterproof socks....

What

Like overboots?

no there’s like

His pount kyu is nothing is absolutely water proof

And waterproofing shouldn't be the main focus, it should be fitx comfort, versatility

Because those alleviate a wet foot

Correct me if I'm wrong

Oh that's what you meant. If you want your feet to turn to mush then sure

Merino wool socks are literally the only sock option.

hm ok

And def merino

This man knows what he is talking about

Goretex is good for winter boots

Winter doesn't always mean Canadian blasted wasteland moonscape cold

Sometimes it's wet

You don't want wet shit and wet boot from stepping in a puddle then temo drops

yeah it gets real bad here

And you lose your foot

We have bipolar weather

Due to the altitude and mountains

So like snow can start melting the same day or the next and it’s always muddy as shit

It just snowed last week

The instant it's reliably above ~10C I would always switch to a dry weather boot

Goretex is still fine in colder temps like that but it's just more comfortable

so in conclusion, next boot purchase will not be goretex boot

It's a hard call

Ultra lite hikers swear by goretex boots

But they're normies who avoid anything that would be dangerous or otherwise extremely uncomfortable

Like fording rivers or some shit

I might be alone in this experience, but the American made Keene boots (specifically the durands) have proven to be extremely versatile in inclimate weather hot and cold.

I've always had better experiences with getting wet feet sooner into the 2 day rain storm then drying within an hour of it letting off than getting soaked feet half a day in and then needing to strip the boot off and dry it for 2 hours

Salos are based but I've gone through the speedlaces twice already and it's not like I do anything really hard either

hm

I haven't heard good things about the speed laces yeah

They're great until they wear out

@Smart Car Driveby actually yeah, it took forever for my goretex boots to dry after I had been stuck out in the rain last time I was in Florida