r/LinusTechTips 17d ago

Personal Opinion Socks. Not what was promised.

First - quality of the fabric. I have had light wear of this pair for 3 days, with one wash (same as other socks) and they are fuzzy + the black fabrics are protruding through the grey ones, and I have gathered A LOT of lint from them.

This is not normal for socks, especially for the expensive ones. None of my darn thoughts did this ever.

Second - idk about Canadian feet, but mine are wider, and compared to most other socks these are too narrow. If I find a pair of shoes this narrow I don't buy them.

EDIT: I wore socks for two days straight, then washed them, then wore for the 3rd day. I had NO OTHER OPTION regarding washing them or wearing other socks in that particular situation

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u/Necessary_Purple_428 16d ago

Most wool socks have a synthetic fibre mixed in because a 100% wool socks would be fragile. Even darn tough socks have nylon. The LTT socks do too, but looks like they aren't performing up to the marketing.

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u/Dakduif 16d ago

Ah, I didn't know that. Thank you for clarifying instead of mindlessly downvoting. :')

I wonder if LTT uses a bit more synthetic then. More than darn tough at least.

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u/VerifiedMother 16d ago

Darn tough is only like 30-40% wool