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How often do you air out your boot liners

How often do you air out your boot liners

  • Never

    Votes: 6 22.2%
  • End of season

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • Two or three times a season

    Votes: 1 3.7%
  • After every ski day

    Votes: 17 63.0%

  • Total voters
    27

Hawkshot99

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So leaving them in my trunk of my car most of the winter is not a good idea.

Back in high school i made the mistake of leaving my hockey gear in my car a few times. The pads would be SO COLD putting them on and it would make my car smell pretty bad as well.

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ScottySkis

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Back in high school i made the mistake of leaving my hockey gear in my car a few times. The pads would be SO COLD putting them on and it would make my car smell pretty bad as well.

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I take out the night before I go skiing, usually I'm lazy and parking where I live is down a hill.
 

Cornhead

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The usual home for my boots during the season is on my passenger side floor of my car with the tops facing the floor heating duct. Luckily I don't have much need to use my passenger seat, if I do, I toss em in the back. This works well for keeping them dry, they are also warm and pliable when I put them on. When on a multi-day trip, I always pull the liners, remove the footbeds, and place them over whatever heat source is available. Most hotel rooms have the stand alone heater/airconditioner units on the exterior wall. A chair works well to hold the liners in a position so the air goes directly into the liners. Sometimes it's a challenge, here's what I did at the Sugarbush Inn. The heating duct was right near the ceiling, luckily there was a sprinkler pipe right in front that could be used to hold the liners.
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I've made the mistake of leaving wet boots in a freezing car overnight, not only are they uncomfortable, but they can be damn near impossible to even get on, depending on the boot.

So, I didn't answer the poll, usually I leave them in, sometimes I take em out.
 

dmc

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I've had friends on trips that didn't spend the $15 on boot dryers and use air vents... And you know... I just makes the room stink and pisses people off...
Also seen people try to dry them next to fires or stoves and melt them.... prettty funny..
 

Abubob

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keyser soze

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I've never pulled the linings out of my boots. That's the secret to avoid people getting too close on the lift lines.
 

Cornhead

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I've had friends on trips that didn't spend the $15 on boot dryers and use air vents... And you know... I just makes the room stink and pisses people off...
Also seen people try to dry them next to fires or stoves and melt them.... prettty funny..

I usually fly solo on my skiing excursions, besides, neither my boots, nor my shit, stink. :wink:
 
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