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angelikaJ -> RE: Why does it seem slippers always make my feet sweat (11/12/2010 10:49:05 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MasterG2kTR
Your feet have more sweat glands per square inch than any other part of your body.
If you are not already doing it, the easiest thing to do is make sure that all of your socks are 100% cotton. It's best if you wear socks with slippers. Also make sure that any slippers you wear have cotton (or other ALL NATURAL) liners in them. Synthetics of any kind are the absolute worst things you can put directly against your skin.
That used to be the case before wicking materials came along.
It was thought that natural fabrics breathed better than synthetics.
Come to find out, when cotton gets wet, it stays wets.
"Cotton is about the worst choice you could make. Cotton absorbs water like a sponge and then doesn’t let it evaporate. Wool is a better option, but like cotton it does not wick well. Wool blends and small fiber wool, like Smartwool designed for wicking and evaporating moisture, can be a good choice. Polypropylene is a better choice than cotton or wool, because polypropylene resists absorbing water. It is not as good of a choice as small fiber wool, because it’s water resistant material is so good, it may do a better job keeping water in the shoe than allowing it to wick out. A polypropylene blend can be a good choice, depending on the fiber it is blended with. Acrylic socks tend to wick moisture well and they do not swell much when wet. Cotton swells almost 10 times as much as acrylic when wet."
http://www.northcoastfootcare.com/pages/Socks.html
The advantage of wool or wool-blend socks is that they keep your feet warm even when they get damp/wet.
The issue with slippers is that you have your feet up against materials that are supposed to keep your feet warm and they aren't built with ventilation in mind. The whole point is to keep air out.
To keep your feet (warm and dry, a better bet is some sort of well fitting runnning shoe designed with ventilation and socks that have wicking fabric.
You get cold feet in the winter so a mid-weight wool-blend sock (properly fitting of course).
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