DayTrip
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Over the past couple of weeks I have been having huge problems with my boots. I've been getting nasty blisters and hot spots and I'm starting to develop bumps on the balls of my big toe and side of little toe. I've never got blisters in all my years of hiking, always wear the same heavy wool socks (summer and winter), lace snugly, etc. but this is my first "heavy" year of winter hiking. I was at the EMS in Warwick where I got the shoes looking into a liner sock and the guy who was there told me to bring the shoes in because the insulation has probably compacted.
Is that a common problem with a winter boot because of the insulation or do I just have an inferior/poorly made boot? I only have maybe 100 miles tops on them and they were bought just this past fall. I would have thought the materials used for insulation wouldn't degrade that fast but I've never owned a true winter hiking boot before.
Is that a common problem with a winter boot because of the insulation or do I just have an inferior/poorly made boot? I only have maybe 100 miles tops on them and they were bought just this past fall. I would have thought the materials used for insulation wouldn't degrade that fast but I've never owned a true winter hiking boot before.