keeping the feet warm?

[P-Dub]

I have a plan to make a pair of booties that will cover both feet, come up to my knees, creating the warm luxury of a mermaid tail. This is still in the planning stage for this winter, as I also get cold feet.

Can't wait for the instructions!

[Chesapeake]

When its between 20° & 40° I just wear one pair of wool socks, but when it gets colder than that I might also wear my down booties. I have a few different thicknesses of wool sock so I can keep my feet from getting too hot and starting to sweat..... sweat + freezing temps = long cold night. Mine are just plain old Eddie Baur goose down slippers that I only wear inside my hammock to keep the bottoms clean, but Goosefeet Gear , Feathered Friends and a few others make excellent down "socks" and offer a water proof over bootie with a tough textured outer sole for wearing them around camp or when you need to get up in the middle of the night. I typically sleep cold, but just a good pair of wool socks should be fine for most people at average winter temps. Also, chemical hand warmers work great when put in your TQ footbox. Get the kind that's for putting in your shoes, they have a sticky strip on the bottom that will keep them stuck right where you need them. And don't ever go to bed with cold feet!!! They will never get warm. And like mentioned above, too many layers can be counterproductive, get the right quilts for the temps you'll see, wear a thin to mid base layer when its colder and go to bed warm. Do that and keeping your feet warm will be MUCH easier.

Here's my mid weight wool socks, I have 4 pair and they get worn the most



Here's the down slippers. They have a shock cord sinch around the ankles to keep them on and to help vent if needed

[Peter_pan]

Use my down sleeves as down socks...http://www.jacksrbetter.com/videos/ Scroll down to 15th video.

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[dkurfiss]

Couple of things I do depending on how cold cold is

Clean very loose fitting wool socks go on clean dry feet. If my feet still get cold then it's time for the hot water in a bottle, in a zip lock freezer bag then it goes into a wool sock. I will normally put the water bottle on my groin area which heat the femoral artery. That will make me warm all over.

Next line of defense is down booties without the wool socks. I find my feet sweat if I do both so I wake up with cold toes in the middle of the night.

[Flash Grundelore]

I'm with gunner76... Zip up your fleece or down coat with the arms [and/or hood] pulled inside, and just shove yer footsies in, too.

[Flash Grundelore]

I have a plan to make a pair of booties that will cover both feet, come up to my knees, creating the warm luxury of a mermaid tail. This is still in the planning stage for this winter, as I also get cold feet.

Make it about 75" long and you'd have a dandy TQ...
Seriously tho... I'd just look for a cheap used down bag on Craigslist and cut it off below the zips. Quick folded over hem and... baddabingbaddaboom!

[OneClick]

And like mentioned above, too many layers can be counterproductive, get the right quilts for the temps you'll see, wear a thin to mid base layer when its colder and go to bed warm. Do that and keeping your feet warm will be MUCH easier.

So true! I've been camping with people that no matter how many times you tell them, they can't wrap their head around that idea. They only add more clothes after getting cold the first night.

[jellyfish]

This actually makes a lot of sense. I can't stand wearing socks when I sleep, but the thought of a loose fitting, closed bottom "skirt" would help warm your feet by using the heat from your legs.

This is why I'm not a fan wearing layers under your quilt. It's actually inefficient because most of your heat is radiates by your torso. When you layer up with long johns or base layers, you're sequestering that heat instead of letting it circulate.


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Exactly. And socks separate your feet so you can’t combine them for warmth.

[esmith]

Always good to ask yourself.....

What would Shug do..........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seqBY9VM1bs

-Cheers!!

[GreatBigDave]

...the hot water in a bottle, in a zip lock freezer bag then it goes into a wool sock. I will normally put the water bottle on my groin area which heat the femoral artery. That will make me warm all over...

I've also used hand warmers rolled into the hem of boxer briefs just over the femoral artery. Socks always make my feet colder so I just don't. I dry my feet before putting them in my quilt. When I use a 3/4 UQ, I put my thermarest sit pad inside the footbox of my TQ.