My apartment is drafty. I didn't know how damn drafty until Covid hit and they forced everyone to work from home. As I sat at my cheap desk day after day, cold air would breeze under the door. For a long time, I wondered if my circulation had gone bad, but then I wrapped a blanket around my feet and found that the blanket had become ice cold after awhile. Horrible apartment.
Now, my job gave me Amazon giftcards as a sort of bonus. One of my first real job related purchases involved ordering various types of socks and seeing how well they insulated my feet from the cold. I have yet to find one that truly keeps my feet warm. An electric heating pad actually served me best over these long cold days.
At any rate, I tried a lot of socks, and here's my review of each type I tried:
*Walmart Brand, Cable knit, woolen, unsure exactly which company made them: A friend gave me a few packages of these. They are by far the worst. The cold air blows right through the little holes. Not scratchy, but not warm. Actually works best as a summer sock.
*Busy Socks-Thermal Socks: Average. The toes have nylon or something on them. I found my toes getting cold quickly. The rest of my feet felt warm.
*DG Hill Thermal Insulated Socks: Started out pretty warm, but then when your feet sweat, you start losing heat. Layering it over a regular sock didn't help.
*Hymore Thermal Socks: Traps heat pretty good, but makes your feet sweat *a lot, compromising the heat.
*Cordura Fiber Socks: They brag about them being heavy duty, but the socks are thin. I wore them on a hike up to the supermarket. They seem to create heat by a friction, and being inside a shoe. If you're sitting in one place for extended periods, however, the cold goes right through.
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