VtSkier wrote:
On 4/22/2013 7:02 PM, lal_truckee wrote:
On 4/22/13 2:50 PM, wrote:
On Monday, December 28, 1998 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, Matt Pittelkow wrote:
Does anyone have recomendations on boot dryers? I'm looking
for something small and affordable that can dry two pair of boots
at once.

Thanks, Matt

Williams Direct Dryers has a 4 pair wall mount dryer. It doesn't
take up a lot of room and has industrial strength!
www.bootdryer.com.

Feeling you have to throw money at it is a sad state of affairs.

Get an old hair dryer from a garage sale, go to the hardware store
for some 2" PVC elbows, pipe, and select whats needed to mate the
dryer, and you're set to go.
Hints: Get a couple of caps so you can dry only one pair when needed.
Also you don't have to glue the parts; friction is generally enough
to hold it together. Then you can pull it all apart, put in an old
pillow case, and toss it under the house till the snows return.

Now you can feel part of the brotherhood of authenticity.

Mine still works fine; built 30 years ago when the kids were small.

Well, yeahbut, hair dryers made 30 years ago were actually durable. I
paid money for a "boot dryer" at the beginning of 2011-2012 season.
Didn't last more than 3 weeks. The non-heating type that places like
Cabella's sells seem to work best and last, but need longer to work
because of circulating only ambient air.

My solution is to take the boots apart when wet and lay the parts out
around the wood stove. Generally overnight is enough.

HOWEVER, I have just one complaint about my wonderful new APEX ski
boots: They are not waterproof by any means and when they are wet they
smell like cat ****. Otherwise they dry out overnight by the wood
stove.
RW (a legend in my own mind)

I just lay the boots in front of an old fan so that half the opening receives
air and half is free to let it out. Prop the gloves up similarly, and the fan
poins towards a wood chair with my jacket and pants. By morning, everything is
dry.