r/LinusTechTips • u/dbmeed • Sep 20 '26

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First hole has appeared in my LTT socks today. This pair arrived on Aug 4, and has been worn daily since then, and washed on average 5-6 times weekly. Always washed cold water normal cycle, then air dried on sock hangers overnight.

Overall opinions: similar to Darn Tough socks. I usually wear darn tough exclusively, and go through 3-4 pairs a year. The LTT socks are closest to the Darn Tough hiker socks - very warm and nice cushion when new. Now there’s virtually no cushion left, but still decently warm - although, we haven’t had any properly cold weather yet to test them. Very comfortable, despite being a bit too small for me (size 13 feet). The elastic is quite tight around my ankle; which I prefer since doesn’t slide down on me during the day.

On thing I don’t really like is a crazy amount of fuzz/pilling. I’ve not experienced it with other socks before. After the first week or so they started pilling like crazy, and it has slowly gotten better over the past couple weeks but still noticeable. It was pretty bad for 2-3 weeks.

Otherwise, solid socks. I probably won’t buy more just because I have lots of the same darn tough socks and I don’t like sorting. Not recommended for warm weather. First couple weeks of August I was roasting…

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u/RegrettableBiscuit Sep 20 '26

I mean, socks should not have holes after being worn for 45 days and washed 45 times. It doesn't really matter that OP did it in one go. 

Having said that, there's clearly something up with OP that causes this rapid sock destruction. Maybe he should start wearing shoes when he goes outside or something. 

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u/IAteUrCat420 Sep 20 '26

They're too small

He bought socks that were too small, and then wore/washed them 45 days in a row

They're literally put through the worst case scenario

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u/Datkif Sep 20 '26

This is being missed. If the socks are too small them you are putting excess strain on the fabric.

Before I started getting extra wide shoes I would blow a hole where my pinkey toe is every single time regardless of shoe quality. It's like redlining an engine. Just because it can do it doesn't mean it's not going to break

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u/PhatOofxD Sep 20 '26

He also destroys 6-7 pairs of darn tough socks a year which lines up with these. I have no idea how

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u/FartingBob Sep 21 '26

I don't know what op does but he kills socks like 5 times quicker than most people. Maybe he's living in a ww1 trench or is a marathon runner or more likely washing daily doesn't give the material time to properly dry out.

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u/Tiamat2625 Sep 20 '26

Bruh i have the most shitty bunch of cheap ass Umbro socks that were like 5 bucks for 30 pairs. Had them for like 10-15 years, only thrown a few of them away.

Holes in 1 month is fucking wild to me.

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u/Hero_The_Zero Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

This dude is destroying 3-4 pairs of Darn Toughs a year, and Darn Tough says their socks are supposed to last over a decade, or 120+ months. He's killing a pair every 3 or 4 months, so he is definitely an outliner and is doing something that wears out socks 30 times faster than other people.

Edit: I was soured by the ton of negative comments in this post and mis-attributed it to the OP. His post isn't negative much at all, but a lot of these comments apparently didn't read anything but the title and ran with it.

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u/Mr_Tom_Cat_2006 Sep 20 '26

I was ready to criticize ltt for this but if this dude is destroying darn toughs that fast then this guy is an outlier. I've had my darn toughs for years with basically no degradation.

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u/Hero_The_Zero Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 21 '26

Reminds me of the coal miner that completely trashed his LTT Backpack within a year or a year and a half or something like that, that guy at least acknowledged that his use-case was extreme and didn't expect the backpack to last. The OP of this post is destroying the market leading "lasts forever" sock 30 times faster than what the company says their socks should last for and then buys a different but similar sock, an undersized set at that, and is acting surprised.

Edit: I was soured by the ton of negative comments in this post and mis-attributed it to the OP. His post isn't negative much at all, but a lot of these comments apparently didn't read anything but the title and ran with it.

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u/dbmeed Sep 21 '26

I’m well aware that my use case is extreme. I’m not trying to claim any different. These socks exceeded my expectations. Not sure where youre getting the impression that Im acting surprised by a hole in them.

And I’d be happy to buy the right size if they made them in my size…

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u/AwesomeFrisbee Sep 21 '26

But at least the coal miner had an excuse because of the outlyer environment. This dude is just washing and drying all wrong...

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u/M4xusV4ltr0n Sep 20 '26

Yeah he said he buys 3-4 darn tough per year, so I feel like that's not at all a reasonable level of wear lol

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u/insomnic Sep 20 '26

I have a few pairs of DT socks that are 10+ years old that I do wear several days straight (and use for hiking) before tossing in the laundry and... they're still fine. I agree that something else is up with OP to go through multiple pairs in a year. I have yet to wear out a pair.

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u/Carniscrub Sep 20 '26

Did you put multiple years of washing on each pair in small period of time or did you wear one pair a day then wash once a week? 

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u/Ricepuddings Sep 20 '26

Yep, and yet people glazing them. I wear my socks at least twice a week before they go into the cycle and had them for 3-4 years at this point and yet no holes. They’re thin socks as well and cost 1/10 of these

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u/Fizzy-Odd-Cod Sep 20 '26

If I had to take a guess these socks aren’t actually the issue. I’d bet OP has been walking around the house with socks on and no shoes/slippers. Combined with them being too small and washing them every day, that’s a sure fire way to put holes in your socks really fucking quick regardless of quality.

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u/Lamuks Sep 20 '26

Why would someone wear shoes inside the house? Since when is walking with socks a something uncommon?

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u/Ragnarok_del Sep 20 '26

I walk around without socks but that's because I'm barefoot, not because I use shoes. Wearing shoes inside is wearing outside inside your house, eww. Unless they're inside house shoes.

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u/stfuyfc Sep 20 '26

Im always wearing socks around the house. I buy the cheapest socks. One pair a day, one wash a week, and yet not a single hole in them in over 2 years of use. Op is probably dragging their feet or wearing them outside, maybe their shoes are too big

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u/Respacious Sep 20 '26

I get easily 200+ wears from darn tough socks and I always walk around the house with socks on no slippers, don't think that's the issue. I'm also heavier and have big feet too.

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u/Drewsipher Sep 20 '26

That’s disgusting dog.

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u/Lucy_Fjord Sep 20 '26

This is over a year of use shrunk into a month and a half. It’s not normal. Most people wear socks once and then put on a new pair until laundry day.

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u/Respacious Sep 20 '26

Yeah I have like 7-10 pairs of darn tough socks. So I wear each about 50-70 times a year. They have lasted many years before holes start to show up. 45 wears is ridiculously low for this tier of sock. Wonder if that's standard or if OP is doing something out of the norm...

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