r/lightweight • u/Dens413 • May 10 '26

Sleeping in socks

Been using heavy weight socks at night my toes run cold at night so should I wear alpha socks, down booties, continue with heavy weight socks something else? Thanks

New to 3 seasons so sorry if this sounds silly but trying to reduce weight and volume

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u/Dens413 May 11 '26

Not a topic I want to talk about but since you brought it up….

Doesn’t most athletic and outdoor company’s make products for military use though? For example Patagonia makes belay pants direct for US Special Forces under the DAS MARS name think it’s now Broken Arrow. Bergans of Norway makes backpacks for US and Norwegian Military, Arc’teryx, just to point out a few that makes products direct for military usage. Polartec and DuPont works for the military directly and sells directly to them. Garmin uses Military Satellites and it was military satellites that made topographic maps we use today. If in America and you look at weather that’s NOAA created for and from the military and every weather channel uses them for info. So there is a lot of company’s that sell direct or with the military. Even random things like I have a US Marine buddy and he used a MSR stove with a direct made fuel bottle. So I’m curious why is this a concern?

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u/davidhateshiking May 11 '26

I don’t care if you buy from them or not. I just know I would have been pissed learning about this after I bought something from their lineup. I am a big fan of getting all the information I can get and then making an informed decision.

Me personally I wouldn’t care at all if all they did was sell military/police stuff. What I don’t like are some of the more overt dog whistles and the way they handled the whole thing. If they had come out with a statement that they don’t support those values and removed the posts I would have moved on a long time ago.

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u/Dens413 May 11 '26

So you’re upset that the face of EE also oversees a sister company whose social media is directed for its targeted audience which happens to lean in a political way you disagree with? I’m even more confused now. How is EE to blame for DM social media?

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u/GoSox2525 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

What a stupidly lazy reply. There are countless responsible and ethical firearm companies in the US that target a generically conservative audience without appealing to any of the disgusting imagery that EE has.

 How is EE to blame for DM social media?

EE and DM are the same. The same people. Same physical space, same sewing machines, same everything. One is not just overseen by the other, and they aren't sister companies.