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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. |
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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) |
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:42:31 -0400, VtSkier
wrote this crap: 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. That's probably caused by the bacteria on your feet. The way to fix it is to wait until they are dry, then pour some alcohol inside the boots, just enough to get them wet. then when they dry the problem will be gone. Put a little alcohol on your feet before skiing and you won't have the problem. Another problem solved with alcohol. There's no need to fear if Trunky is near. |
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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. |
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On 4/22/2013 8:39 PM, Bob F wrote:
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. Sure, but the wood stove just makes everything dry better. |
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On 4/22/13 6:36 PM, Walt wrote:
If the boots are cold, there is no way I can get them on. Those day I travel I put my boots in a softside ice "chest" in the morning, microwave a couple of "blue ice" bags and drop them in, and voila: toasty warm boots in the parking lot. |
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