How's it going my name is hayley and welcome back to Set To Hike. I'm a little
excited for today's video I'm going to be doing a gear review on the ArmaSkin
Anti Blister Sock, which are these guys. So these are basically sock liners so you
might be thinking Hayley why are you so excited about a sock liners? Well it's
because these guys have magical powers. Let me explain. So on the blister scale I
am the type of person that can walk for three days and not get any blisters but
by the end of the third day, I will start to get some hot spots so when I knew
that I was going to be hiking for more than three days for the first time, I
thought to myself hey I better get some sock liners. So I jumped online, came
across this company called ArmaSkin. I bought a pair, I didn't test them out
first or anything I just went on my hike that hike was six days long, and I didn't
get any blisters, didn't get any hot spots nothing. So I was really impressed
with using these for the first time. I've been using the Anti-Blister socks
for about two years now. I have used another brand which are merino sock
liners and they work for me in winter but they don't work for me in summer and
that's because basically the environment surrounding your foot and summer is a
lot different to winter. So ArmaSkin anti blister socks are my number one
choice when it comes to sock liners. I did buy a new pair of sock liners just for this
video so you didn't have to keep staring at my old rank of ones. So you get a
little bit of a bonus unboxing video so let's go ahead and open it.
So this is what the packaging looks like.
They're so new compared to my old ones. So these are the long black socks you
can get them in the long size you can get them in the ankle size you can get
them in black you can get them in white. I think I saw that they had a grey pair
as well, I don't think I'm imagining that. On their website they have a really
good size chart as well so you can really narrow down what size that you
might be. So if you get a pair of these the thing that you might notice about
these is how strange they are, once you get over the strangeness you're all good
to go. So what I mean by that is I'm not going
to talk about any technical materials, I would describe these as being like a
thin wetsuit material so the seams go on the outside and then the inside is quite
sticky so it's the stickiness that hates the water and pulls the moisture away
from your foot and as we know moisture is one of the causes of us getting
blisters. Then because it sticks to your foot it's almost like you have
another layer of skin over your real skin. So I'm going to demonstrate how to
put one on, it's a little bit fiddly at first, it takes s a little bit
getting used to. You will see that they have two tags and so the tag will go on
the inside of your foot. So to put one on, you can bunch up the sock so you have a
nice little opening to put your toe in. This is probably going to be a terrible
demonstration as well. You slide your toe in and then you sort of roll the sock up
over your foot. You want to try and get rid of any of the wrinkles and then make
sure you've got your heel in the correct heel position. So they're not as easy to
put on as normal socks but you soon get the hang of it how to do it. So what I
love most about these sock liners is that they work. They're not only designed
for hikers but they're designed for runners and sports people.
They say that with reasonable care a pair will last around 400 to 500 kilometers. I
didn't really keep track of my old pair so I'm not really going to comment on
that but I feel like you can kind of just tell when you need a new pair.
When it comes to care you can put them in the washing machine like normal which
I think is a little bonus. so I really like ArmaSkin as a company, they do
have some other products that they've just recently released, I haven't looked
into any of that yet but as a company I feel like they're they actually
genuinely care and are interested in what hikers and runners are getting up
to. So they're always sharing pictures on their social media pages and they have a
newsletter so I just sort of get this vibe that they genuinely are interested
in what everyday people like us are doing. In terms of negatives that's a hard
thing to say because these literally have one job so they're either going to
help you or not help you. For me they help me 100% but everyone has
different blister thresholds you might walk 5 meters and start to get a blister
or you might not even need sock liners but, if you're looking for sock liners I
would say definitely give these a go you've got nothing to lose by trying
them out. Because at the end of the day our feet do a lot of hard work and we
need to keep them happy.