How many days do your wear your socks before changing them?
How many days do your wear your socks before changing them?
Some people change their socks every single day, to me that's a little to much. I'm more of a 2-3days kinda guy. Is changing socks each day absolutely necessary?
Edit: Obviously something is wrong with me, I'll take some time to rethink my life decisions and buy more socks! π Edit2: I mostly wear wool socks, I hope that justifies this a bit..
The only clothes I wear multiple days are pants and sweaters. Only on days when I barely used socks I may wear them two days in a row.
Wearing socks more than 1 day in a row means you've failed to uphold the social contract.
My socks smell like cheese after a single day, and I can wash a month's worth of them in a single load of laundry, what am I gaining by wearing them multiple days in a row?
I would rather go barefoot in shoes than wear socks twice in a row. Heck, I often change them when I get home from work.
I've long said, the first thing I'd do after winning the lottery is never wear the same pair of socks twice because my favorite of life's little unnoticed pleasures is the feeling of a new pair of socks.
Dude I already know you smell
This is exactly the type of thing I imagine my fellow Lemmings asking as a serious question.
Once a sock comes off I cannot put on a used sock again. So at least once a day for me.
Days?
Two. They're Darn Tough wool socks, and the packaging recommends even more days between washes for longevity.
Before these I had only worn cotton socks, mostly Nike, and those stink like hell and did need to be washed daily. But these wool ones really don't, even in the summer.
I also alternate pairs, so they're not two days in a row. e.g. A B A B C D C D etc.
you are supposed to change them????
Average athleteβs foot enjoyer.
Winter time and minimal activity, if Im running low on socks or if Im lazy and they are right there I might give a pair a second day.
Summertime? If they come off they are done. I could go 3 pairs in a day.
Depends what I'm doing. Yardwork or exercise? Change as soon as I'm done. Just sitting around the house in pyjamas? They're fine to wear again.
Two caveats: I don't wear socks to bed, and if I'm wearing socks indoors (I prefer bare feet) I always wear shoes or slippers over them
If I take my socks off, they go straight in the wash, if I need socks again that day, fresh ones go on
Daily unless I don't have any clean in which case...until I do a load of laundry.
If clothes touch skin directly then they are put in the wash every day (socks, underwear {boxers}, tee shirt, shirts etc...) other wise it is a check to see.id still.good for follo days - did jeans get muddy / dirty, did I spill coffee on trousers etc... jeans go in wash after a week of wearing even if no spills / mud
Around a week usually. Wool socks go much longer before they stink. All this washing and obsessive attention to hygiene is enabled by freely available access to energy and resources that many people don't have. Can you imagine these first world people walking down to the local river with a bag of washing every day? No, they too busy posting on insta for such humdrum peasant activities.
It depends on how much you sweat, the stuff in your sweat, how much skin you shed, and your own microbiome. Everyone is different. I change socks every 10-12 hours. My friend changes her socks -and- shoes at lunch. If she doesn't, the smell will literally chase everyone out of the room when she takes off her shoes at the end of the day.
Not trying to be gross here but based on comments some people are going to find me gross. Anyways if I'm wearing socks with shoes then they're done after the day, or the hour If I made a quick grocery trip and came home or something. But I'll wear my warm fuzzy house socks for several days. Idc because my feet aren't sweating like that without shoes so I see those socks as still being usable.
I wear merino wool socks. They don't stink but I change them each day, generally speaking. Wear in day, take off to shower and sleep, new pair in mornings. I bought 10 pair, wash clothes weekly and wanted enough to not worry. But if you hand wash them you can manage it with fewer pairs.
Loose fitted merino stuff doesn't need to be washed often, and sweaters I can wash once or twice a year since they are outerwear but socks are like underwear, sit tight on your skin and better to keep them clean.
Once a day and once every two days if I didn't use them much.
Office work 2-3 days.
Iβm on that Mr Rogers rotation: Twice a day. I work out daily which always includes cardio so changing socks is a must lol.
This prompted me to buy socks cos apparently I'm an animal.
I'll only wear a pair again if I happen to run out somehow. Then I usually get more socks to make sure it doesn't happen again any time soon.
depends on usage. If the day involves a gym visit or hike or something then more than once a day. Over a weekend where im mostly in the house barefoot and just put on shoes and socks to walk the dog, I might not change them at all for that weekend.
7 pairs, 7 days. Costco Caterpillar socks.
LPT for people who commented that their feet sweat a lot: Apply foot powder before putting on socks. Youβll feel fresher longer, wonβt sweat as much, and your feet wonβt stink when you take off your shoes at the end of the day.
8hrs, but that could be a day or it could be a week.
NaN. I live in the tropics, socks aren't really a thing.
If I have to wear silly formal shoes for a function or whatever, I wear them maybe two hours.
I exercise regularly so Iβm changing socks like twice a day.
Iβll change my socks every day, and more if Iβm swapping out workout clothes for fresh clothes.
Oddly, I really donβt experience foot odor. Other bits can get rather ripe, but whether Iβm wearing boots or going barefoot, my feet just do t get funky. That said, I have had athleteβs foot and Iβve seen what happens when someone doesnβt change their socks after days of marching and working in the field. I know itβs not a major danger for me at this point, but Iβve got a whole drawer full of socks, and in any case I want them to match with my shoes and pants.
Plese reply me with picture of Kryten washing Listers socks with hammer.
Had to every day with cotton. I can rotate my merino wool socks throughout the work week. 2 pair for 5 days.
What if I told you that for 10 dollars a week you could wear brand new socks every day!
Change your socks!!!
Unless you're laying around doing virtually nothing change your socks daily!
Bought a marino wool shirt because i was told this. Still incredibly itchy even if it was better than regular wool.
In home, in winters, 2 days. Any other climate season, or outdoors, once a day. Optimal balance of hygiene and longevity.
I do not want blisters, fungal diseases or other things on my feet, most important body part for physical movement. People who try to trade off feet hygiene too much are physically unfit idiots. Nobody is financially that poor.
If you are somewhere pretty cold and unsociable then fine. You could also wear two pairs at once, the woolen ones on the outside and washed less often than thinner ones inside to wash often. Done that. Works well. Again; cold, kinda not social.
Depends what I'm doing. On an average home office day I barely even wear socks outside of dropping the kids off at school, so the pair that ~I'm currently wearing~ is on the floor next to my bed has been used three days in a row.
When I'm doing field work it usually means long days of wearing shoes, often in hot climate, and often loafing around airports. For those days I always pack three extra pairs of clean socks to have in my kit.
Alright, so, I change my socks daily but I wear them 3 or 4 times before I wash them, unless it's a) abnormally humid and hot, b) I've done an intense workout or c) they got damp/wet somehow.
I dunno. I don't stink easily and my feet and skin are on the dryer side. My feet don't have an odour for a few days if I don't wash them ( like if I'm camping), so it's not a big deal.
Usually, I keep a pair of socks stuffed into a pair of shoes for a few cycles of wear, then toss them in the laundry basket. Right now all my shoes that I wear socks with that a pair stuffed inside.
It can't be a coincidence that this is happening right after AI makes it's entrance on to the stage
Socks are for the weak. I wear sandals unless itβs a formal occasion and even then I only wear socks to protect my Jordan 1 low Pandas from me.
Iβve had to do 2 days in a row multiple times in my life, and they get gross really fast. I canβt imagine going for 3.
I usually swap clothes every time I take a shower, or when they get dirty. Nothing special happening that's very second day, but can end up being daily.
I put on new socks everyday. But if I get up early, and have to do stuff as soon as I'm up, I might put back the clothes I had the previous day and, like, prepare my son's breakfast, then I go take a shower, then I put on new clothes.
I stumbled upon this thread and got really confused. Do people usually have sweaty feet? I tend not to wear socks except when I wear shoes. Otherwise, I wear slippers or go barefoot. Even when I wear shoes, I don't notice any sweating in my feet. I usually wear cotton socks though.
To answer the OP, though, my rule is to not reuse socks with a couple of exceptions:
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if I only had the socks (with the shoes on) for less than a couple of hours, I think it's safe to reuse the socks.
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if for some reason, I go to a place where I need to take my shoes and socks off (like if I go visit a friend) I would reuse the socks, of course.
Most of the time though, I just don't bother with shoes and socks if I can get away with it. It's too hot where I live to deal with socks.
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At the most about 16-18 hours.
Please consider finding a alternative to using wool. The wool industry is so cruel.