Have diabetic neuropathy and this time of year through winter they freeze. What's your go to sock for warmth.

Alpaca socks are the warmest ive found...warmer than the best merino wools. Word of caution, dont let your wife put them in the drier..

I wear merino wool socks year round, lighter in the summer, a little heavier during winter, usually that's enough, Alpaca is supposed to be warmer but it's kinda subjective if they are....
For very cold, wear thin liner socks, poly is ok, wool is better if you can find them, wear under your regular socks, make sure you don't have tight shoes/boots, you want good circulation.

I'll second the Alpaca socks. They're very warm and stay up regardless of the boots I wear.

Merino wool is my goto "cold" weather sock

Rarely get cold enough here for more than midweight ones

I have also heard alpaca is a solid choice for cold weather

No such thing as warm socks.
When your feet sweat is when they get cold.
Best way to keep feet warm in winter in the coldest weather is a good pair of winter boots with decent felts that are dried every night.(best to have two pair of felts and rotate them daily.
Get the boots one size bigger for winter and just wear ordinary thin summer socks.
The bigger size allows airspace between the felts and your feet inside the boot so your feet dont sweat.

You wont find a warmer oair of non heated socks better than alpaca. Love my alpaca socks.

Wool will dry my feet out and crack like a dry lake bed in the desert , in one day

Whatever you wear in cold weather, use a sock liner under to pull sweat off your foot into the outer sock.

Thought everyone knew that.

Try some different wool Darn Toughs. I normally wear the midweight in the winter. I’m going to give boot blankets a try this year for hunting.

Keys to warm feet in the winter:
Stay away from cotton socks
Keep your feet dry, most feet sweat more than most realize. Wear a thin liner sock next to skin, poly, other synthetic, or thin wool, these materials help move moisture away from your feet.
Next sock, good quality wool; I’ve not tried the Alpaca yet, but will. Don’t put your good wool socks in the dryer, you’ll be sorry when they come out 2 sizes smaller.
Socks, laced up boots can’t be too tight, you’ll cut off circulation if too tight; leading to cold feet. You should be able to wiggle your toes freely.
Buy quality socks; yes it can be painful to spend $10-30 on a pair, but when customers come back to buy more pairs because they work, speaks for itself.
Boot blankets work well for sitting, all that dead air space is great.

If you’re sitting, bunny boots. Even if your feet get wet, they’ll keep ya warm.


Heated socks are pretty slick.

Cotton is rotten..

No cotton socks and no cotton Tee shirts in the Wintah for me.

I have no problem staying warm

Depends if Im walking or sitting but generally speaking a dumb thin sock inside of a nice heavy sock really seems to help. The other thing is to let your feet breath. If you haven't tried a pull over rubber boot with that setup I'd suggest you should. I'd suggest a rubber boot with plenty of room in the foot and calf and change it up from jeans folded and tucked inside them to jeans pulled over top of the boots. At least let the boots breath inside of you coveralls or your jeans and see what works best. Not much ankle support but let that heat come out, up like a chimney, and into your gear... keeps your feet from sweating and somehow having the thin layer of sock under the heavy sock helps with that. Then trade off between thinner less insulated and heavier insulated boots depending on what you are doing and how it works for you... thats what I'd suggest you try.

I try to teach my kids to not let them get cold. Once they are cold its hard to warm back up. If you feel them getting cold nip it in the bud and wiggle or walk before it gets too awful bad.

Breathing is important, it helps let the moisture out. Have a boot with some room in it.

Alpaca socks are my favorite for cold weather, I like Hollow Socks. I do wear them with a thin moisture wicking sock and haven't found anything better yet.
I'm also a big fan of Darn Tough and Smartwool.

Sounds like some of y’all are treating the symptom and not the problem. If your feet sweat, you need to treat that, not buy different liners, socks, insoles, boots, etc., just because your feet sweat and then get cold. Get you some CERTAIN DRI, a roll on antiperspirant.

Gerbing 7 volt wool heated socks.Sometimes you can get open box items half price but not today I just looked.

Darn Tough

"HOLLOW" brand alpaca socks. Dealt with cold feet my entire life here in upstate NY.
From being in a tree stand all day or out on the ice fishing all day, THESE WORK!
I have a tub of nothing but socks that i have tried most only once.
Have tried about as many different boots also. I have found the socks make the difference.
As stated, tight fitting boots are your enemy.

What king of durability are you guys getting from the alpaca socks, specifically the Hollow brand mentioned above. I've read a bunch of reviews stating that the heels where out pretty quickly (4-5 months).