New boots

We put the boots on the radiator but still no good. It got so bad in VT i nearly turned back for home. :x

mfc wrote:i had a problem whilst away that my boots got wet and didnt dry in the drying room ( work that 1 out).

When you say drying room?
Some chalets and hotels will have a room for storing skis and boots in, which they call a drying room. Sometimes it will be toasty warm when you come back from skiing and then the heating gets turned off at night (Daft, I know but it happens).

Any moisture in your boots will stay and may also freeze. You will then be lucky to get your feet to warm up at all the next day.
My boots don't leak except in really slushy conditions but I get some moisture from sweat/condensation. I've always kept my boots in my bedroom at night and this dries them out fine. I can see that if you have a lot of moisture in them then removing the inners will let them dry much quicker.

Boot driers/heaters also work well and are small enough not to take up much space in your luggage.

Interesting. I had to fight for a long time with my Atomics to get the inners out, so I never bothered. I did used to try and keep them by a radiator when away skiing though. When I put the footbeds in, I discovered the inners were horribly rotting and manky, which could be caused by water in the bases.

last night I took my inners out of my new Salomons, they popped out really easily, and put them in the airing cupboard. There was a little bit of water in the bottom of the shells, so if I do this on a regular basis during and after ski trips, I guess I will be doing the best I possibly can for my boots.

Unless someone can tell me otherwise?

nikifinbow wrote:I got a set of boot dryers for Christmas this year and they were brilliant and didn't take up too much space in my case. Definitely worth buying - they dried my boots out really quickly.

I have some, both at home and some that run off the car power supply. As long as they're gentle it's just fine, anything agressive can damage your inners. Some drying rooms are a bit agressive so care is needed, I had an arguement with raichle last year about what constitutes agressive drying and that was all about drying rooms.

It's not surprising boots get wet, plastic is hardly breathable!

Tony_H wrote:

last night I took my inners out of my new Salomons, they popped out really easily, and put them in the airing cupboard. There was a little bit of water in the bottom of the shells, so if I do this on a regular basis during and after ski trips, I guess I will be doing the best I possibly can for my boots.

Unless someone can tell me otherwise?

I think you will be doing the best for your feet :D The liners too!

Take a little time when you refit the liners, just ensure you have no wrinkles, and clip the boot up when you leave them unused.

just to say i wore my new boots round the house ( every time I hoovered the stairs) to find out where they were tight, to get them fitted, i.e. shells blown out.
After a month I was absolutly sure the only place was on my little toes I was about to get them done, and then had the chance of going to a dry slope... after an hour my ankles were in agony ..!! Got them done and everything was good.. Just to say if you want to be sure go to a dry slope before you go...

Neiltoo wrote:

mfc wrote:i had a problem whilst away that my boots got wet and didnt dry in the drying room ( work that 1 out).

When you say drying room?
Some chalets and hotels will have a room for storing skis and boots in, which they call a drying room. Sometimes it will be toasty warm when you come back from skiing and then the heating gets turned off at night (Daft, I know but it happens).


Boot driers/heaters also work well and are small enough not to take up much space in your luggage.

I think that is what happened so it looks like some boot dryers are needed.

i think the ones I have are ones from ellis brigham, cost about £35 and are made by Therm-ic. they're gentle enough to not to distort liners/footbeds apparently and definitely worth the money. the others in my apartment were queuing up to try them!