How to make DIY boots dryer?
The single best way to dry shoes in the wilderness is still to wear them. The heat from your feet will gradually cause the moisture to evaporate.
However, I realize this can be uncomfortable, and you don't particularly want to wear boots in your sleeping bag all night.
At home, I dry shoes by stuffing them with crumpled newspaper. If the boots are soaking wet, I will change the paper every hour or two. If only damp, I will leave the same paper overnight. You probably aren't carrying a bunch of newspaper with you on a hike, but you can modify this technique by using any other porous material that is dry, or at least less wet than the boots, such as the previous day's underwear. You could even try pine needles; even after a hard rain, there will often be dry needles directly under the tree. Just make sure you dump ALL the needles out before you put the boots back on, or your feet will get pretty uncomfortable.
Hopefully that kind of rough explanation will have you to make you DIY boots dryer.
Cheers.
Everybody has boots right? But to make it dry is the major problems for those who only has a single pair of boots. To make DIY boots dryer is not hard as you think of. There are several ways to make your boots dry. The important things is how you could manage to take good care of it.
You can use balfour boots dryers in order to make your boot dry. But it is ready made, only can be applied when there is electricity. To make DIY boots dryers kindly refer to my last post. Especially for those who has leather boots, it needs regular care. The loggers around here not only slather the outside with boots oil, but will also pour a pint or so of hot (boots) oil into the boots, slosh it around the pour out the excess, then they wipe out what they can and just plan on nasty socks for several days. Same with modern fabrics, treat both inside and outside.
You can use balfour boots dryers in order to make your boot dry. But it is ready made, only can be applied when there is electricity. To make DIY boots dryers kindly refer to my last post. Especially for those who has leather boots, it needs regular care. The loggers around here not only slather the outside with boots oil, but will also pour a pint or so of hot (boots) oil into the boots, slosh it around the pour out the excess, then they wipe out what they can and just plan on nasty socks for several days. Same with modern fabrics, treat both inside and outside.
One way to make your DIY boots dry is you should carry a pair of the larger 10-12 hour hand-warmers (The cheap disposable kind). I open and get them just to where I can begin to feel some heat, then wrap them in the dry socks I intend on wearing the next day. Then I cram the sock/warmer into the toe of the boots and set them upright inside the tent.
By AM they are dry and both socks and shoes are warm. I discovered this when winter ski mountaineering at about -20 degrees (F). I had the hand-warmers in the bottom of my sleeping bag, and tossed them into my ski-boots, which were frozen from a little sweat. Within an hour, they were dry and warm inside, and the plastic was softened just enough to get my feet inside.
Do not wrap in your wet socks, the warmers are activated by air and humidity. The wet socks will make them warm too much and reduce the overall time they are warm. If the boots become dry, and you want to maximize warmth, cover the open top of the boot with a shirt/coat or other breathable cloth to hold the heat, while allowing some air to feed the chemical reaction in the hand-warmer.The warmers require no other fuel, are non-toxic, light, and when purchased in bulk are about $1.50 (US) a pair. If weight is an issue, the iron/charcoal contents can be dumped after use, and the entire package burns well (I avoid burning plastic unless absolutely necessary, if you can carry the unused warmer, you should be able to carry the plastic wrapper out).
The single best way to dry shoes in the wilderness is still to wear them. The heat from your feet will gradually cause the moisture to evaporate.
However, I realize this can be uncomfortable, and you don't particularly want to wear boots in your sleeping bag all night.
At home, I dry shoes by stuffing them with crumpled newspaper. If the boots are soaking wet, I will change the paper every hour or two. If only damp, I will leave the same paper overnight. You probably aren't carrying a bunch of newspaper with you on a hike, but you can modify this technique by using any other porous material that is dry, or at least less wet than the boots, such as the previous day's underwear. You could even try pine needles; even after a hard rain, there will often be dry needles directly under the tree. Just make sure you dump ALL the needles out before you put the boots back on, or your feet will get pretty uncomfortable.
Hopefully that kind of rough explanation will have you to make you DIY boots dryer.
Cheers.
