Socks - boot socks
Boot socks decide whether a long trek stays comfortable or ends in a hot spot. These are moisture-wicking socks for boots, waders, and changing weather. These four socks are not one weight: a merino hiker, a lightweight hunting boot sock, a heavyweight wader sock, and a midweight cushion boot sock.
What Separates Good from Great
Boot or wader
A wader sock is for rubber boots. A hiker sock is not that.
Weight
Lightweight leaves more room in the boot. Midweight cushion fills a loose boot and can crowd a tight one. Heavyweight is the wader sock.
Merino only if the name says it
The Wigwam is merino. Do not assume the other three are.
Two Darn Toughs, two jobs
Style 2108 is the lightweight hunting sock. The other is a midweight cushion boot sock. They are not the same pair.
The Call
A merino hiker sock, style F2322. For a merino hiking sock in the boot, not a heavy wader sock.
A lightweight men's hunting boot sock, style 2108. For milder hunts when you want a lighter boot sock. It is not labeled merino.
For days in waders. A heavyweight wader sock, unisex, Cedar Falls. Not the everyday leather-boot sock.
More cushion than the lightweight Darn Tough here. A midweight cushion boot sock. It is a second Darn Tough, not a heavier copy of style 2108.
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