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What do you recomend for reallllly warm boots? I am looking for a pair for ice fishing up north in January, they must be wter proof incase of slush. I have ice kings from La Crosse and still got cold

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LaCrosse EXTREME PFT - 14'' 1000 GRAM MOSSY OAK BRE

"This lighter weight - 150 F model is built with beefy insulation, extreme outsole for traction in glacial conditions and extra precautions like Precision Fit Technology™ that cradles your feet and puts two full inches of comfort between your toes and the frozen ground. Basically, so you're not kept on the couch by something as trivial as 10 feet of snow."

Got a pair these last year. Don't think the toes will ever be cold in them. Not exactly 'walking' boots but for ice fishing they are awsome. A little expensive but I think you get what you pay for.

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Cheers, ? for ya. Do you have sweaty feet? I couldn't find a pair of boots that would keep my feet warm for "love nor money". I'd ALWAYS end up with a soaked liner and COLD feet. I figured out, that the soaking wasn't from leaky boots, it was from my sweat and that's what got COLD. When that happened, I was done. AS SIMPLE as it may sound, I put on some LIGHT socks, slipped on some 13 gallon Glad trash bags over them and put on my Icemans. I went out on the ice just like I was tempting fate and my feet wouldn't get cold. Now, I VERY comfortably sit with my feet ON the ice for 8 to 10 hours with NO complaints. I'd recommend that you carry a set of replacement bags, as you WILL know real quick if one of your trash bags has a hole in it! Also, I'd STRONGLY recommend an extra good foot scrubbing in the daily shower!! It's a cheap try, I hope it works for you. Phred52

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Mickey Mouse boots are no question the warmest boots out there. They last what seems like forever and they're a fraction of the price of a good pair of Lacrosse boots. Go to the St. Paul Winter Ice Fishing Show. There is a guy there every year that sells military surplus stuff and always has good deals on mickey's.

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Sometimes I don't think it has as much to do with the boots as it does the socks...

I mean I wear mid grade Rockys... They do the job rather well on their own... But if I've got low grade socks on, I can get cold toes... High grade socks that have a lot of air in them, keep my toes completely warm... Too Warm of a sock = Sweat, and it's all over... Too Cold of a sock and the insulation factor gets the toes cold...

It really took a lot of tweaking to come up with just the right sock combo for the way my fee sweat.

Ironically... The best sock for my feet... $4.99 at Gander Mountain!

(Contact Us Please) near lost my toes in the $25 pair I had!

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Very true about the socks...part of the consideration as feet perspiration goes...activity...If I have to hike a ways pulling my sled full of things, it changes the type of footwear I have to use...I do require a lot of moisture wicking properties as so far as part of the insulation from the cold. So good quality moisture wicking wool socks are very beneficial to me. I've given up on the thermal socks made of cotton. Works great for lounging and being still but no so good for a lot of activity.

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Very true about the socks...part of the consideration as feet perspiration goes...activity...If I have to hike a ways pulling my sled full of things, it changes the type of footwear I have to use...I do require a lot of moisture wicking properties as so far as part of the insulation from the cold. So good quality moisture wicking wool socks are very beneficial to me. I've given up on the thermal socks made of cotton. Works great for lounging and being still but no so good for a lot of activity.

Very true...

In fact the stupidest thing I ever did was put those footwarmer pads in my boots, with wool socks and then drag my buddys house by hand for over a mile on the ice.

Feet were so wet with sweat from work and the hot pads, that when the hot pads died down I suffered all day. (Walk back to the truck in the cold dead of night was a living HELL!)

Later I had another trip with the heater pads, where we just drove up put up the house and sat there... Once again... Sweated and cold...

I refuse to use them now!

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