Getting cold feet

[mudsucker]

My wife gets cold feet. She has a great pair of Sorels and thick wool socks. But still she got cold at Sportsmans Park the other day. We tried those little chemical powder foot warmers that stick onto your socks once, and they gave her a rash and made her feet swell. I searched for the old style electric socks for Christmas, I don't even think they are made any more. Any suggestions?
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[me_and_myboy]

did she put the foot warmer on her skin?
cold feet are no fun...
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[prvrt]

Put something on the ice for her to stand on. My feet get cold also just sitting there. If you are walking around and doing things, then I don't have a problem. You have two problems when ice fishing. One is lack of circulation due to the lack of movement, and two, standing on the ice allows the cold to transfer much easier through your soles of your boots. Use anything that is simple and easy to pack along. Seems a lot of people have mentioned the interlock garage floor mats. A piece of carpet, or even a piece of plywood. You just need some thing to put between the ice and your boots.
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[trouthound]

If she's anything like mine, then there is nothing that can be done. My wife can have cold feet sitting in front of our firplace in our front room. Seriously thought, the best thing is to keep moving around, and by some really warm boots. I used to get cold feet until I bought some extremely huge boots from Cabelas rated at like -100 or some crazy cold number. I bought them in the spring and they were cheap.

Of course, nothing cures cold feet like catching fish!
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[fishingrocket]

I buy warm rated boots. For leather hiking boots, the rating comes from how much Thinsulate they use. I put my boots in front of the heat register over night. They are designed to insulate so it takes a long time to heat them up. Several companies now carry women's sizes. I am currently wearing Georgia Boot leather boots that use Goretex to make them waterproof and are rated at 1000 gms Thinsulate. I bought them 1/2 size too big and only wear one pair of normal socks. I find that having boots slightly roomy is more important than warm socks. Of course, the boots have to be broken in before you can get away with that or they will butcher your feet.

It is critical that you start out with warm feet. It is best to leave home with feet toasty. If possible, you should also heat her foot before putting it in the boot.

She should ride up front with the floor heat on in the vehicle. If everyone is over-dressed for the ride, roll down windows but keep the feet heated.

The chemical foot warmers could be used to heat the boot prior to putting your foot in. If your foot is trapped in there with the foot warmer, it gets over-heated. The rash was probably not from an allergy but more likely from getting cooked.

FR
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[yummy1]

Do not wear cotton sox, wear polypropalene next to the skin and wool or wool blend over that, this prevents sweat from staying on the feet, which = cold.

As the old saying goes: if your feet are cold put a hat on. Keep the head warm with an ugly warm pull over hat. If vital parts of the body(head and chest area) get cold the body will, as a survival strategy, draw heat from the extremedies, arms and legs. This is the basic reason for cold feet. Super insulated and expensive boots WILL NOT HELP.

wear a snowmobile suit, which warms the legs and chest and helps keep the feet warm.

Keep the core of the body warm and the feet will be warm.
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[BlueDuck]

Might want to buy her a pair of Steger Mukluks. They are very warm, light weight and the most comfortable thing she has ever had on her feet. I have been waring them for 20 years or more. They feel like bedroom slippers. My wife has a pair and love them. You can google them. A little spendy but worth every penny.
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[idahopanfish]

The warmest boots I know of are not pretty but are warm and they are Mikey Mouse boots. Black and all rubber but only need a pair of nylon socks on to keep warm.[]
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[PREDATOR]

Cabelas sells a boot that has 2000 grams of thinsulate insulation in them.

Buy them one size too big to allow a lot of air circulation and she will never get cold feet again.

Not actual cold feet.

I got my wife some of the same boots I wear, 1200 grams of thinsulate insulation and her feet nor mine have ever got cold. And I always have cold feet. poor circulation.

One tip would be to make sure she doesnt wear them in the car on the way up. I know if I wear mine in the car, my feet sweat and my socks are wet before I even get to the lake.

I wear my tennis shoes for the ride up, change boots when I get my gear on, and never have wet or cold feet.

I bet those 2000 gram boots would keep her feet warm.

[mudsucker]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Something to stand on might help a bunch. She wears some Uggs type boots on the way and changes when we arrive. I'll check out new boots with a few thousand grams insulation.

This reply begs for attention: "If possible, you should also heat her foot before putting it in the boot. She should ride up front with the floor heat on in the vehicle."

No offense taken, but I actually let her get out of the bed of the truck as soon as fall hits. Just kidding. The way it was written made it sound like I was asking about a dog.

Good suggestions everyone. Luckily, me and the boy don't seem to care about the cold.
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[fishingrocket]

Mudsucker,

My apologies. I thought you might have an SUV with a batch of kids and one of them with cold feet (passed on from your wife) was riding shotgun.

If I thought you were a dog owner, I would have suspected there was no option on the prime spot, and that the prime window would already be down. That would mean the only good heat left for her would require her to drive.

Using the best ideas from the posts above, I picture her driving in flip flops with the heat on low. When she arrives at the ice, she puts on arctic gear everywhere (with extra wool hats on her head) except her feet where she slips on thin wool socks and tennis shoes. Then she totes all the gear including her welcome mat to the scene of the drilling.

Seriously, you are lucky to have one that will go fishing with you. Your interest in keeping her feet warm is commendable.

FR
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[mudsucker]

[quote fishingrocket]Mudsucker,

Seriously, you are lucky to have one that will go fishing with you. Your interest in keeping her feet warm is commendable.

FR[/quote]

She loves to fish and hunt. I tell her I spent the first part of my life fishing and hunting without her, I want to spent the last part fishing and hunting with her.
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[gardenhackle]

Idahopanfish said it. Mickey Mouse boots! Stop at the surplus store in Shelley and ask them for there Mickeys and he will take you in the back and get her size. They said they had the black with the valves all the way down to size 3. I just bought a pair for my daughter in law size 6 in the black. I would go with the White because they have one extra layer of insulation but they are 20 bucks more ($84.00) My dad bought me some 20 years ago and they sat in the basement because I thought they looked kind of clumsy to wear. One day I give them a try and I will not were anything else. I have a pair of 100 below Sorels that do a good job but they do tend to get wet in the slush on top of the ice. I fell through hole and filled my Mickeys, sat down, wrung my socks out, dumped the water out and still not had cold feet.
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[mudsucker]

I worked with a guy on a dairy 30 years ago and he wore Mickey Mouse boots. We teased him because they were different, but we never heard him complain about cold feet. I think they will be worth a try.

Is the surplus store that military one off the interstate?
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[gardenhackle]

Yes, the one at exit 113. You have to ask the clerk to look at the new ones, the ones out on the shelves are not the ones you want. Make sure you get the ones with the valves in the side because they are the best ones. Have explain the valves, your not a parachutist so you keep them closed all the time. Good luck and get a pair for yourself.
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[jigs]

what boots does she wear and what are they rated to? also if she is putting on 2 or 3 pairs of socks and then stuffing them into her boots it may actualy counter act what she is trying to do. it can actualy cut the circulation off to her feet making them colder even with the extra insilation.
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[kentd71]

I have a couple of pairs of old Sorel Dominators that are rated to -100 and made in Canada. I have never had cold feet in them unless my whole body was cold a couple of times. I have a new pair of Baffin boots that are rated almost that cold but have had cool feet when the rest of my body was warm. I also have a used pair of Cabelas Polar Cap boots that are close to the Dominators and are rated to -100 also. Cabelas had them on sale for $75 in an add I saw. If your body core is cold you can not keep your hands and feet warm, wearing a hat helps alot also.
A friend has newer Sorel Carabous (-20 or -40) and he has problems with cold feet coming from the bottom of the boot. He is going to put an insole in to see if it helps. Their have been alot of good suggestions to try.
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[mudsucker]

She has some good Sorels we got at Cabelas in Nebraska a while back. Don't know the rating but they are thick. She wears one pair of thick good wool socks and has plenty of air space left.

We will try the Mickey Mouse boots, something to stand on, and hope to find some place with bigger perch biting to try it all out.
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[yummy1]

If you can get your wife to were Mickey Mouse boots, you are a better man then I. If I bought some for my wife, I know she would never touch them. I wouldn't either, but I do not suffer from cold feet. I like leather, I would be afraid of sweat building up in an all rubber boot.

If she is wearing Sorels now, I do not think the boots are the problem, it has not been that cold around here this year.
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[fearnofish1996]

Now this may sound funny bit i have found it to work pretty well. Have your wife wear a pair of knee high nylons as her bottom layer for her socks. it is amazing how well it will keep her feet warm. i use it with my kids and nephews so they dont whine of cold feet.
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