“Anyone out there use booties for sleeping, instead of or in addition to wool socks? How do you like it?”

There are a lot of ideas here. Sometimes it’s just best to try and see what fits your metabolism.

Me and one of my hiking buddies sleep in our SD booties (found on sale a while back for $15). I love them. They are warmer than wool socks. I wear a thin liner with them so that the booties stay cleaner (on the inside).

And they complement my foot system very well. As you know, I’m a sandal hiker most of the year (except for maybe 2 months in the winter). Down booties fit my Teva Terrafi2’s nicely. The straps are long enough to accommodate the bootie. This bootie does not have a reinforced bottom (like some w/ stiff souls) otherwise it would not fit in my sandal too well. Thus w/ the bootie on, my foot is still protected. And if I want to do a bathroom run at night, my down booties are already warm and I just slip on my sandals for protection and go.

I have found it’s a little too hot to hike in my down bootie above 30F. So I mostly just wear them around camp; and if the day warms up (>30), I change over to wool socks for hiking. I love backpacking in my down booties (w/ sandal). It’s like hiking in your slippers and I wonder “am I cheating” because life is not supposed to feel this good.

And while I’m on a down bootie soap box, I’ll also put in--- I love biking in them. I bike in them a lot. Feet get colder biking than backpacking.

I only wish now I had a higher fill power (850 vs 600). They would be lighter (of course). But there’s a BIG price difference, and thus only a wish.


May everyone find their foot zen <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.

-Barry