10-15-2005, 12:57 PM
I fully agree about the extra space. Better circulation equals warm feet.
I personally buy the cheap foot warmers (even though they look the same, there is a difference between foot and hand warmers), you know the ones that are rectangular, not shaped like your foot. They don't have adhesive, but I improvise. Here is what I do. Open them up a few minutes before you are ready to put them in, otherwise they take a long time to heat up. Tear off a strip of duct tape about 1" wide by 5 or 6" long. Take off your boot, place the now warm foot warmer on TOP of your toes, apply duct tape to hold them in place. I go from the top of my foot and wrap over the front of the toes to the soul of the foot. Put your boots back on, and you've got yourself about 8 hours of toasty toes! Once again, a little extra space in your boot helps. I've used the foot shaped warmers with the adhesive, but they are more expensive, and don't last as long.
You can also go the route of buying the boots that are rated at -100, as I hear they are very warm by themselves.
The Mickey Mouse boots sound like a good option as well...maybe have to try them one day!
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I personally buy the cheap foot warmers (even though they look the same, there is a difference between foot and hand warmers), you know the ones that are rectangular, not shaped like your foot. They don't have adhesive, but I improvise. Here is what I do. Open them up a few minutes before you are ready to put them in, otherwise they take a long time to heat up. Tear off a strip of duct tape about 1" wide by 5 or 6" long. Take off your boot, place the now warm foot warmer on TOP of your toes, apply duct tape to hold them in place. I go from the top of my foot and wrap over the front of the toes to the soul of the foot. Put your boots back on, and you've got yourself about 8 hours of toasty toes! Once again, a little extra space in your boot helps. I've used the foot shaped warmers with the adhesive, but they are more expensive, and don't last as long.
You can also go the route of buying the boots that are rated at -100, as I hear they are very warm by themselves.
The Mickey Mouse boots sound like a good option as well...maybe have to try them one day!
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