Mickey Mouse Boots?

[Bob Horn]

Does anyone know where I can get a pair of Real Mickey Mouse Boots. Thanks

[Paul Waldowski]

Bhorn,

Cabela's has them.

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[IrishZit]

Try Sportsman's Guide! I saw them in thier catalog last week.

[IrishZit]

How warm are those boots? I've heard they are great but haven't put them to the test.

Are they warmer than a pac boot such as an Ice King?

[Paul Waldowski]

YEP!!!!

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[protiller]

For the money they're the best boots you can buy. I purchased mine about ten years ago at the Sportsmans Guide in So St Paul. I think they cost me $20. I use them every year for deer hunting and all the time for ice fishing. It doesn't matter how cold it is, my feet sweat all day long. When I get done wearing them for a day, I pour the sweat out of them. Gross, but my feet stay warm. Connely's Army Surplus in Rochester also carries them, but they're about 5 times as much as the Sportsmans Guide.

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[Guest]

Yup, with a pair of Real Mickey Mouse Boots and bulky all wools socks your all set.

I recommend you get 1 size larger and a wider width if you can. You get better heat retention and less sweating that way. You want room to wiggle them toes. They fit snugly around the ankle so they will not slop around when walking if you go larger.

Wool socks are key with Mickey Boots, I can't reinforce that need enough. NEVER cotton socks!

Carry a extra set so if your feet get wet you can change them. The socks are the only thing that gets wet. The Mickeys absorb no water so the inside will dry in minutes. The swapped out set of wool socks can air dry even in freezing weather. If wool bothers you wear a Seal Skin sock liner under the wool socks and you will not have problems.

I have had a set of Mickeys for at lest 15 years. I think I finally managed to were them out last season. So I am looking at getting a new set soon for myself. I will be looking at Sportsman's Supply or Calvary Surplus as the source to get them.

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[CNY Tim]

Eddy I put a bulky wool sock on and I'm gonna have a a case of athletes foot so bad it won't go away for months, allergic here to wool. I wear just a thin polypropolene sock that's well over the calf and then a pair of white cotton crew socks basically the cotton soaks up perspiration, it's funny at the end of the day sometimes when you take em off your toes are wrinkled like you been in the water to long.. These boots are so comfortably warm that I have never had to tie them I leave the tungs wide open. Incredible the design it really is. I placed stainless 1/4" heg head self tapping screws in the bottom of them since there my permanent ice sboot. Make sure you soap the screws before you zip em in they' go in easier. Well after a full ice season this past spring, I lost only 1 screw out of about 60. The only thing I did to store them was washed well inside and out with soap and warm water, air dry, and then I wiped a rubber protectant all over it tossed em in a trash bag and sealed em up. I just pulled em out the other day and they look great....

[Brother Bro]

My vote is YES!!!Best boots I have ever purchased!!!! I even bought a pair for my son and he loves them....

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[Surface Tension]

I got my first pair 30 years ago. Best winter boot there is. The felt is enclosed inside and out with a rubber membrane so no wet liner to contend with.
If you find it hard to slip your feet in a little baby power works wonders.

[Guest]

Darn right these are the best boots ever!
I absoultly love to wear them all time if working outside in the fall/winter/spring. They work really good in muddy conditions too.
Just wear a wool sock and ur set. The best part is if your feet get cold run warm water into the boot. Since it only absorbs heat they will warm right up! And all you have to do is whipe out the left over water on the inside and ur set with warm feet again.
Great boots!

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[Scott Steil]

Check out hsolist. They always have them on there and the price is right. Make sure you are getting the real ones, not the immitations. I just replaced my 10 year old ones this year off hsolist. Like ED says, get one size bigger then the shoe you wear.

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[Matchman]

Do y'all wear the white ones or the black ones? As I recall, the white ones are the "extreme cold weather boot" while the black are the "cold weather boot" according to the military. BTW, they're $60 and $40 respectively on sportsmansguide dot com.

Match

[big_fish_guy]

I would have to vote for ice kings.
And as for the comment that mickey mouse boots are "better" then pac boots such as ice kings, I would say no way. They are equal. either one would work fine. In what way are MM boots better?

[CNY Tim]

I have the black mickey's boots. I also have a pair of Lacrosse Ice Kings and there a good boot too and I believe a touch lighter than the mickies. I just didn't like dealing with the liners all the time. My feet sweat pretty good so after a day they would be pretty wet inside so you have to pull the liners out put em by the heater and then back into the boot after every single trip. It's a pain in the but I guess I could just get an etra set of liners, any how with the mickeys I just take em off when I'm dine fishing throw em in the back of my van until I go out the next day and there always dry the next day I put my feet in em. As far as the sizing goes I am a size 12 in regular sneakers and work boots but in Mickeys an 11XW was the perfect size for me. My buddy wears a 10.5 regular sneaker/boot and he has a size 10XW Cabelas Mickey. If you can try em on the better.

[Surface Tension]

One way there better is what I mentioned. The felt cant get wet from your foots perpetration. Water in any insulation is bad. Even in a couple hours of use the felts insulating qualities are greatly reduced from sweat.
Our military uses MMs just for that reason. Now imagine yourself on a winter camping trip and you step into a hole with Iceman's. Your going to have wet feet the rest of the trip. Theres not many opportunities to dry out wet liners in winter camp.
What I don't like about the MM's are the tread design. If they could make them with the soft rubber buttons like my Sorel Dominator's it would be a great improvement.

[Guest]

The real military white and the black Mickeys are the same thing, just that white is a winter camo application. My last set happened to be whites because I was predator calling in the winter back then.

If wool is a problem try a sock called Smart Wool and add the polypropylene sock liner. A smart system that the long distance dog sledders use and sear by. It pulls moisture away from your skin to the sock where it can be evaporated away. Moisture is your enemy in deep cold.

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[big_fish_guy]

i've got something different. I bought my ice kings right in lacrosse at the factory outlet store, and I don't have felt liners. They are something else, not sure how to describe. but I don't have a problem with them. And as for stepping in a hole, if you should be so unfortunate, the are water proof, so the liner shouldn't get wet.

[protiller]

how much warmer are the white over the black?

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[protiller]

One advantage the Mickeys have over other boots is the ability to attach the boots directly to x country skis or snowshoes. Another bonus they are much more cost effective.

[Bob Horn]

Thanks for all the replies. I just placed an order with Sportsmans they should be here at the end of next week. I ordered black because the white is on back order until Dec. 24th. I heard there is`nt any difference in them other than color. Thank you once again. Fish On

[CNY Tim]

Cabela had them on sale for $49.95.
Duffman - So true... what they lack in fashion sense they make up for in warmth.
Hogeye - Now what deoderant would that be?

[Guest]

Hogeye,

I am in the US Army Infantry and we do a lot of road marches. If you don't take care of your feet you will be in a world of hurt while on these marches. The trick of using anti-perspirant on your feet to reduce sweating does work. First of all, you must make sure that you are using a product that is completely anti-perspirant and not a combination of anti-perspirant and deodorant. Next you should start this process approximately two weeks ahead of the time you are shooting for. Basically you just spray your feet about twice a day. Once in the morning and once before going to bed. Also make sure you put a sock on once you spray your feet in order to hold the anti-perspirant on your feet.

IceMan

[Bob Horn]

Sportmans has them for around $60. for black and a extra $20. for white. Cabelas does`nt have that many sizes but Sportsman (do a search for micky mouse boots) had a ton. I don`t need them for hunting just ice fishing so I went with black. Fish On

[Guest]

I stopped in at Sportsmansguide yesterday, and they were out of size 12 and 13 in the white Mickey's,but picked up a pair of Danner's for a decent price.