5 Reasons Runners Are Retiring the Sacrificial Sock Drawer
Petrolatum kills the wicking in a good merino sock and never washes out. The Solen Base Day Sock takes the grease at the coating, so your running socks stay running socks.
Two easy weeks. If it has done nothing, keep all of it and we refund you. Overnight kit, not for running in.
Add up the drawer.
Six pairs of proper technical socks at around twenty pounds a pair, taken out of service one at a time because the balm went in and never came out.
Nobody counted that as spend on foot care. It was.
| A ruined merino sock | Solen Base Day Sock |
|---|---|
| Around £20 a pair | £18.33 a pair at three pairs |
| Absorbs the petrolatum | Coating takes it, knit stays dry |
| Wicking gone after one use | Machine washable at 40 |
| Retired to the drawer | Working life 3 to 6 months |
1. The balm is in the merino by bedtime
Merino is built to move moisture off skin. Over balm it does exactly that. The tube gets about twenty minutes.
2. The coating takes the grease, the knit does not
Bonded silicone across the footbed and heel. The balm stays on the skin, not in the fabric.
3. Your merino goes back to being merino
The drawer stops growing. The good pairs go back into rotation.
Two easy weeks. If it has done nothing, keep all of it and we refund you. Overnight kit, not for running in.
4. It goes in the machine at 40
In the mesh bag. Same as the rest of your kit.
5. The working life is on the pack
3 to 6 months of daily use. You would find out anyway.
How it works
- Your usual balm on at night.
- Day Sock on over it.
- Morning: off, into the mesh bag, wash at 40.
Proof we can show you
“I have a few pairs of socks that are my sacrificial socks, to get stained and ruined by the moisturizing gel.”
Public post · not our customer
The offer
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One pair · £25
try it through a training week -
3 pairs · £55
Most chosen · one on, one in the wash, one spare · Night Sleeve and mesh wash bag free -
5 pairs · £89
a full season and a spare set
Why now: start it in the next easy block, not race week.
Two easy weeks. If it has done nothing, keep all of it and we refund you. Overnight kit, not for running in.
Free UK delivery · No subscription · Machine washable at 40 · Working life 3 to 6 months
A textile accessory, not a cosmetic or a medical device.
Same cream. Fourteen nights. A sock that cannot drink it.
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