Waterproof socks are the best invention ever! I've walked 350km through Galicia last year only with a pair of them and trailrunning shoes. Here's the point: if you have waterproof socks, you can wear light shoes with a lot of mesh. If it rains you don't care whether they get wet or not, because a) your feet stay dry anyways and b) they dry A LOT faster than waterproof hiking shoes. So in warm, rainy climate that's the best combination I can think of for long distance hiking. The light shoes usually dry completely until the next morning or, if not, you don't care again: because your socks are waterproof. :D Got the idea from a german recon soldier. Worked very well for me.
Hmm, yeah I thought there must be some secret combination that makes the concept click. Although I wore these for about an hour in my crocs (surely way more ventilated than any shoe) and they were still wet. My feet started to feel like they were suffocating under the wet fabric so I had to take them off...
They felt fine until they got wet. Water is 100% non-breathable so if you have saturated fabric on the outside, all breathability is gone and they become a rubber sock. That's the confusion for me with all membrane footwear, because if the exterior layer isn't waterproof, then the breathability of the membrane is kinda pointless because it will disappear once the outside layer is wet.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Interesting. I didn't encounter these problems in my socks, though. But I also don't have particularly sweaty feet. This calls for deeper investigation. :D
I get it. But if my dad were still alive he'd say, _"The only thing worse than having a job is not having a job!"_ Dads... they are often annoying, but you miss them when they're gone.
You may have to dip your toe in a lot of things for brand building, but at least your toes stay dry with all the waterproof footwear you’re getting 😂 Most entertaining product review I’ve ever seen. Glad you didn’t suck down too many rads out there in the wasteland, and Bob’s commentary was chef’s kiss!
That "socks and crocks" is perfect for when I'm doing maintenance on my koi pond. Lots of pressure hosing things off and getting soaked or accidentally slipping into a mud puddle.
As a hiker the deal was always keep your boots on when crossing a stream. Spring, full of fast moving cold water. Keep your feet safe and keep your balance with the boots on. Now, on the other side your feet are cold and wet. Set up for hypothermia in the mountains. So this is where waterproof socks come in handy. But take them off so feet don't sweat. This is what I'm guessing they had in mind? Anyone forded? ha ha
Help me understand this concept though...because all the socks do is keep the water from actually contacting your skin directly. You still have a couple pounds of water from the outer sock fabric and your saturated boots squeezing against your feet, weighing you down, creating friction, and definitely freezing you on a cold hike. So that seems like a bad situation that you'd want to avoid. Might keep your feet SLIGHTLY warmer, but they're still surrounded by a cold, non-breathing layer of water.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Yes, you would have to take off the waterproof socks on the other side of the stream crossing and put on warm WOOL socks. The wool socks would get damp from the wet boots but wool would still stay warm. The wet boots would be heavier for sure. Hey, but who said hiking was fun?
That just doesn't make sense to me...going directly into soaking wet boots would surely soak your wool socks as well, so you'd end up almost as wet as if you just wore the wool socks to begin with?
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Taking a shower gave me another idea. Bring water shoes and take off boots at the stream and put on waterproof socks with water shoes. Take them both off and put boots back on with wool socks at the other side of the stream. Ta da!
Should have tried fishing, creek looks perfect for trout, catch dinner, uses that paper wad in the outhouse the next morning, before ya know it you’ll be advertising fishing gear, and feeding yourself and Bob some fresh fish. Keep living off the grid, it’s working for you 😎😎😎
I love these product reviews because of the snark level. I'm not even in the market for rubber boots/socks! 😂And the fallout rads indicator popping up made me cackle 👌
I hiked up a waterfall pretty recently and if I'd wanted dry feet at the end of it these socks would have been great under my water shoes... But I saw this video two months afterwards and am not hiking up any waterfall anytime soon (I think) so What Ever. But this was a great video, I hope your soul has filled out a bit since from being crusherd.
Yeah I think one great use would be to just take the socks off after you get out of the water, hang them on your backpack to dry, and switch back to normal socks.
These Leakdry socks are actually merino wool for the liners. So the warmth might not be such an issue, but the feeling of being sealed in by the water and membrane, still not sure about that...
It's such an eerie phenomenon. Technically, white noise like what's generated by flowing water contains "all frequencies" at once, so you could actually hear all possible sounds within it...including the voices of the dead!
@@OuterEdgeOutpost it is eerie for sure, especially if you're alone with it and I didn't know that flowing water contained all frequencies 🤔gives me something to ponder
Or I guess actually it doesn't contain all possible frequencies (obviously there's no extreme bass, for example) but all the frequencies it does contain are EQUAL, so it's like, all the possible frequencies within that particular range. To get technical about sonic mysticism. :)
@@OuterEdgeOutpost there's got to be sonic bass in flowing water somewhere,maybe not a creek or a fish tank but somewhere and I it's very interesting to me,I tend to hear higher then normal frequencies then the average person.
I think my dad would LOVE the waterproof socks Edit: My dad passed over to the otherside 2022. So he doesn't need water proof socks 🙄. Lucky dad, he gets to go hiking and exploring all he wants now!!
This was hilarious as always! Thank you Isaac! Maybe the title and the video icon could make it more clear that it's funny, to get more viewers? Something like "Surprisingly entertaining sock review." I don't know. I was surprised this channel had asock review 😂 and hesitated (has he sold out!) and now I'm glad I watched the whole thing! Great job!
I think this will be the last time I make a whole video like this for a product review, unless someone offers me a REALLY expensive product! Might start just including them in videos about exploration journeys but not making the whole video about them. No way this is worth it just for a free pair of socks. 😂
This was the funniest “product review ever and Bob made valid Points. Ironically i want a pair of the useless socks. 🧦 While im harvesting rain or snow or filling my many jugs on a water haul, im always spilling water on my feet. Your live last Saturday you talked about the pesky flies in the outhouse composting toilet.. SOLUTION 1.) use some bleach inside the hole then seal using large garbage bag . Those flies will die from bleach air.. And keep-the lid sealed always so new flies cant get inside the hole 🕳️ Its what i do now and it worked.!! No more flies. Love Me , Tinyhouse chick and my adorable pets 🐾💌 SOLUTION 2.) Get natures head composting toilet Sponser
Hmm, I might have to try that. I've started sprinkling a mixture of lime and diatomaceous earth after every use, but the flies keep coming. I did seal the seat, but I think it was too late, they already laid their eggs in there so now the newborns keep coming out. So just pour bleach in there??
Wow - spending time thinking long and hard about socks - yes video was entertaining and informative. It sounded like the process was tiring. How long did the socks take to dry? Did I miss something
The brand is Connor Hats, it's called...gag...Yogi Beach Boho hat (possibly the worst hat name I've ever seen) I just got it so I can't speak to the durability yet, but it feels pretty rigid compared to a lot of straw hats I've worn. It's woven with twisted braids of straw instead of flat strands and seems to have some kind of stiffening coating. It has a metal wire inside the brim to hold its shape. I've been digging this brand mostly because they actually make XL hats for my giant skull. This one fits me perfectly and the hat band is super comfortable. It's a pretty open weave so it does allow some sun to get through, but it's a nice balance between shade and breathability. You forget it's there. I actually bought a second one because I was so pleased with it and wanted to have a backup! :)
Yeah, it's confusing...I spent some time researching it afterwards and saw a lot of people saying they came in handy for specific scenarios (they seem to be popular with snow hikers) but I admit I don't totally get it. Especially with the way they're advertised, all those videos of people splashing through rivers in their hiking boots, like...what?? So now you do the rest of the hike squelching around in saturated boots? Me personally, I'm always trying to find NON-waterproof footwear because it's always less sweaty and waterproofness really only makes sense for short-term activities where you can finish up before your feet start sweating.
Oh! No money for the review, only the gear... that sucks a little. I mean: you need money more than more stuff to cram into your limited living space, I would guess you're usually a bit choosy of what stuff to add to the Outer Edge Outpost? At least there seems to be some (albeit limited) practical use for the items in your daily life. Go stomp around wet meadows in crocs with those stockings! Or, since wetlands are in short supply up on your ridge, you'll have to have them in waiting until fall/early winter/spring. You do get to keep the thingies, right? You're not supposed to add extra cost and energy and time by returning them via Package/postal service?? Anyway, as usual very funny video.( I had a very hard time reading Bob's comments, I'm not that fast a reader)(But I certainly got the message that you're supposed to get him treats...)
Yeah, I only accept stuff that I have a legitimate use for, although part of it at this stage is just "building a portfolio", you know, showing that I can make an entertaining product video in case any PAYING gigs ever come along. But yeah, storage space is very scarce out here so I have to be selective...
I loved Bob’s interjections the most! I was concerned for you when you walked across the dam, yikes! What is that body of water that I see sometimes beyond the hill?
You mean behind the hill on my property? That's Lake Pateros, which for some reason is in Brewster instead of the town of Pateros, further south. It's really more of a bend in the Columbia River than a proper lake, though.
It doesn't really have any shoreline for some reason, just rock walls, so the only place you can swim is the designated swimming area in the town park, which is always crammed full of children so...nah. My swimming spot is a secret rock jump hidden behind the apple factory. :)
"Not so fun building a brand" - Well, I liked it. So maybe, try to see it less like "I am forced to do this" and more "wow, people really just like to see me try stuff out and it makes them smile when I think out loud while doing it". Every product you actually use to survive and build out there should be sponsoring you. Even if it was just free gear/materials, that's less gear you need to spend your money on (e.g. Solar?). You don't have a large following so sell them on the "potential" given your pedigree and that they are getting in early before you become very expensive, etc.
Yeah, that is the right perspective I suppose. Maybe if I get more offers like these, I'll turn it into more of an adventure video with some incidental use of the product rather than basing the whole video around the product.
I absolutely second this comment! This video was fun. Would be totes down for adventure vids with incidental use of products. The weirder the better imo. I liked the weird waterproof socks!
Seems like the waterproof socks would be helpful in the snow. When you want the extra layers and warmth, and the added protection in case the wet gets into your footwear. Too bad you're not receiving binoculars, telescopes and solar powered gadgets, cameras and music gear to review. Isn't there some fancy vegan tripod that beams frequencies to keep the wasps away and can cook oats with the light of the Moon?
That's true, they might be more practical in winter weather. I would have serious concerns about breathability though if you're wearing waterproof socks inside a waterproof boot...that's two membranes for the sweat to fight its way through...
Waterproof socks are the best invention ever! I've walked 350km through Galicia last year only with a pair of them and trailrunning shoes. Here's the point: if you have waterproof socks, you can wear light shoes with a lot of mesh. If it rains you don't care whether they get wet or not, because a) your feet stay dry anyways and b) they dry A LOT faster than waterproof hiking shoes. So in warm, rainy climate that's the best combination I can think of for long distance hiking. The light shoes usually dry completely until the next morning or, if not, you don't care again: because your socks are waterproof. :D Got the idea from a german recon soldier. Worked very well for me.
Hmm, yeah I thought there must be some secret combination that makes the concept click. Although I wore these for about an hour in my crocs (surely way more ventilated than any shoe) and they were still wet. My feet started to feel like they were suffocating under the wet fabric so I had to take them off...
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Hmm ... maybe the membrane wasn't very breathable? My socks were from "Sealskinz". Could walk all day in them. Feet dry. Me happy.
They felt fine until they got wet. Water is 100% non-breathable so if you have saturated fabric on the outside, all breathability is gone and they become a rubber sock. That's the confusion for me with all membrane footwear, because if the exterior layer isn't waterproof, then the breathability of the membrane is kinda pointless because it will disappear once the outside layer is wet.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Interesting. I didn't encounter these problems in my socks, though. But I also don't have particularly sweaty feet. This calls for deeper investigation. :D
The little cartoon Bob comments were great. Your sponsorship videos are very entertaining and hopefully you can get some more cool items or some 💸💸
I welcome Bob as the new voice of my inner dialogue.
This is my favourite type of product review video 😂 chaotic, raw, and unfiltered. Love it.
It's the only way I'll ever do them. :)
I get it. But if my dad were still alive he'd say, _"The only thing worse than having a job is not having a job!"_ Dads... they are often annoying, but you miss them when they're gone.
I do indeed! :( And yeah, gotta keep grinding for those pennies...
“I’m not gonna keep out” instant like 😂
Hell yea. I love the high art videos but also the ones like this where you kinda don’t give a damn and just chat
These are pretty fun to make. I love having a good excuse to go wander out in the wasteland looking for trouble.
LOL, the silly little boy humor is still in you…”who forded?”😊
Couldn't resist. 😂
You may have to dip your toe in a lot of things for brand building, but at least your toes stay dry with all the waterproof footwear you’re getting 😂
Most entertaining product review I’ve ever seen. Glad you didn’t suck down too many rads out there in the wasteland, and Bob’s commentary was chef’s kiss!
Bob is pissed off Give him some treats
That "socks and crocks" is perfect for when I'm doing maintenance on my koi pond. Lots of pressure hosing things off and getting soaked or accidentally slipping into a mud puddle.
Like the wet socks idea😊
I feel like your channel is about off grid living with your best bud Bob 😂😂
Yeah that would probably sum it up best. (even though I'm not technically off grid...)
As a hiker the deal was always keep your boots on when crossing a stream. Spring, full of fast moving cold water. Keep your feet safe and keep your balance with the boots on. Now, on the other side your feet are cold and wet. Set up for hypothermia in the mountains. So this is where waterproof socks come in handy. But take them off so feet don't sweat. This is what I'm guessing they had in mind? Anyone forded? ha ha
Help me understand this concept though...because all the socks do is keep the water from actually contacting your skin directly. You still have a couple pounds of water from the outer sock fabric and your saturated boots squeezing against your feet, weighing you down, creating friction, and definitely freezing you on a cold hike. So that seems like a bad situation that you'd want to avoid. Might keep your feet SLIGHTLY warmer, but they're still surrounded by a cold, non-breathing layer of water.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Yes, you would have to take off the waterproof socks on the other side of the stream crossing and put on warm WOOL socks. The wool socks would get damp from the wet boots but wool would still stay warm. The wet boots would be heavier for sure. Hey, but who said hiking was fun?
That just doesn't make sense to me...going directly into soaking wet boots would surely soak your wool socks as well, so you'd end up almost as wet as if you just wore the wool socks to begin with?
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Taking a shower gave me another idea. Bring water shoes and take off boots at the stream and put on waterproof socks with water shoes. Take them both off and put boots back on with wool socks at the other side of the stream. Ta da!
Nice Hat
I fucking love this hat.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost me too
Should have tried fishing, creek looks perfect for trout, catch dinner, uses that paper wad in the outhouse the next morning, before ya know it you’ll be advertising fishing gear, and feeding yourself and Bob some fresh fish. Keep living off the grid, it’s working for you 😎😎😎
I love these product reviews because of the snark level. I'm not even in the market for rubber boots/socks! 😂And the fallout rads indicator popping up made me cackle 👌
your reviews are comical! Love the +2 rads like you are in a fallout game.
you reading these signs and responding, is hilarious!
If I'm going to sell out I'm going to have fun with it. :)
surveilled parkour!
I hiked up a waterfall pretty recently and if I'd wanted dry feet at the end of it these socks would have been great under my water shoes... But I saw this video two months afterwards and am not hiking up any waterfall anytime soon (I think) so What Ever. But this was a great video, I hope your soul has filled out a bit since from being crusherd.
Yeah I think one great use would be to just take the socks off after you get out of the water, hang them on your backpack to dry, and switch back to normal socks.
Nothing says "not sponsored" quite like doing a review beyond a "keep out" sign or walking on a surveilled dam
Uh oh, is doing illegal activities not advertiser friendly? :(
Woollen socks all the way!!! Even when wet they are warm. Besides, they do not take 1000 years to decompose when you are finished with them.
These Leakdry socks are actually merino wool for the liners. So the warmth might not be such an issue, but the feeling of being sealed in by the water and membrane, still not sure about that...
Hey yah,i think its all water.i would hear "voices" from Large fish tanks as well. I thought it was spirts/ghosts.
It's such an eerie phenomenon. Technically, white noise like what's generated by flowing water contains "all frequencies" at once, so you could actually hear all possible sounds within it...including the voices of the dead!
@@OuterEdgeOutpost it is eerie for sure, especially if you're alone with it and I didn't know that flowing water contained all frequencies 🤔gives me something to ponder
Or I guess actually it doesn't contain all possible frequencies (obviously there's no extreme bass, for example) but all the frequencies it does contain are EQUAL, so it's like, all the possible frequencies within that particular range. To get technical about sonic mysticism. :)
@@OuterEdgeOutpost there's got to be sonic bass in flowing water somewhere,maybe not a creek or a fish tank but somewhere and I it's very interesting to me,I tend to hear higher then normal frequencies then the average person.
I think my dad would LOVE the waterproof socks
Edit: My dad passed over to the otherside 2022. So he doesn't need water proof socks 🙄. Lucky dad, he gets to go hiking and exploring all he wants now!!
hey i saw both of the cat vids, and i really do hope him and julie are okay. and besides that you are an absolute legend man keep it up
This was hilarious as always! Thank you Isaac! Maybe the title and the video icon could make it more clear that it's funny, to get more viewers? Something like "Surprisingly entertaining sock review." I don't know. I was surprised this channel had asock review 😂 and hesitated (has he sold out!) and now I'm glad I watched the whole thing! Great job!
I think this will be the last time I make a whole video like this for a product review, unless someone offers me a REALLY expensive product! Might start just including them in videos about exploration journeys but not making the whole video about them. No way this is worth it just for a free pair of socks. 😂
@@OuterEdgeOutpost lol that's probably a good call!
This was the funniest “product review ever and Bob made valid Points.
Ironically i want a pair of the useless socks. 🧦
While im harvesting rain or snow or filling my many jugs on a water haul, im always spilling water on my feet.
Your live last Saturday you talked about the pesky flies in the outhouse composting toilet..
SOLUTION 1.)
use some bleach inside the hole then seal using large garbage bag .
Those flies will die from bleach air..
And keep-the lid sealed always so new flies cant get inside the hole 🕳️
Its what i do now and it worked.!!
No more flies.
Love Me ,
Tinyhouse chick and my adorable pets
🐾💌
SOLUTION 2.)
Get
natures head composting toilet Sponser
Hmm, I might have to try that. I've started sprinkling a mixture of lime and diatomaceous earth after every use, but the flies keep coming. I did seal the seat, but I think it was too late, they already laid their eggs in there so now the newborns keep coming out. So just pour bleach in there??
First comment! Love your vids!
Love your comments!
The RADS is amazing more Fallout callouts haha 9:45
I feel like I basically live in the wasteland out here, so fallout callouts come easily!
Nice video
Hilarious.. to go find water... Hahaha
Wow - spending time thinking long and hard about socks - yes video was entertaining and informative. It sounded like the process was tiring. How long did the socks take to dry? Did I miss something
I had to take them off before they fully dried because my feet were suffocating. 😬 I've always struggled with sweaty feet though, so YMMV.
Waterproof undies next?
Hahahaha
I wonder what that would be like to go swimming in tho 🤔
Can I ask what is the brand of your hat? (if it's durable) I work outside and I've tried a lot of straw hats and they warp or fall apart.
The brand is Connor Hats, it's called...gag...Yogi Beach Boho hat (possibly the worst hat name I've ever seen) I just got it so I can't speak to the durability yet, but it feels pretty rigid compared to a lot of straw hats I've worn. It's woven with twisted braids of straw instead of flat strands and seems to have some kind of stiffening coating. It has a metal wire inside the brim to hold its shape.
I've been digging this brand mostly because they actually make XL hats for my giant skull. This one fits me perfectly and the hat band is super comfortable. It's a pretty open weave so it does allow some sun to get through, but it's a nice balance between shade and breathability. You forget it's there. I actually bought a second one because I was so pleased with it and wanted to have a backup! :)
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Thank you very much for the reply and I'm enjoying your video's.
It is a really good hat. Pity about the name 😬
It must feel nice to stand in water in those socks with a 100 degrees outside 😀I still don't quite get the concept though.
Yeah, it's confusing...I spent some time researching it afterwards and saw a lot of people saying they came in handy for specific scenarios (they seem to be popular with snow hikers) but I admit I don't totally get it. Especially with the way they're advertised, all those videos of people splashing through rivers in their hiking boots, like...what?? So now you do the rest of the hike squelching around in saturated boots? Me personally, I'm always trying to find NON-waterproof footwear because it's always less sweaty and waterproofness really only makes sense for short-term activities where you can finish up before your feet start sweating.
Oh! No money for the review, only the gear... that sucks a little. I mean: you need money more than more stuff to cram into your limited living space, I would guess you're usually a bit choosy of what stuff to add to the Outer Edge Outpost? At least there seems to be some (albeit limited) practical use for the items in your daily life. Go stomp around wet meadows in crocs with those stockings! Or, since wetlands are in short supply up on your ridge, you'll have to have them in waiting until fall/early winter/spring.
You do get to keep the thingies, right? You're not supposed to add extra cost and energy and time by returning them via Package/postal service??
Anyway, as usual very funny video.( I had a very hard time reading Bob's comments, I'm not that fast a reader)(But I certainly got the message that you're supposed to get him treats...)
Yeah, I only accept stuff that I have a legitimate use for, although part of it at this stage is just "building a portfolio", you know, showing that I can make an entertaining product video in case any PAYING gigs ever come along. But yeah, storage space is very scarce out here so I have to be selective...
I loved Bob’s interjections the most! I was concerned for you when you walked across the dam, yikes! What is that body of water that I see sometimes beyond the hill?
You mean behind the hill on my property? That's Lake Pateros, which for some reason is in Brewster instead of the town of Pateros, further south. It's really more of a bend in the Columbia River than a proper lake, though.
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Yes, and can you go swimming there?
It doesn't really have any shoreline for some reason, just rock walls, so the only place you can swim is the designated swimming area in the town park, which is always crammed full of children so...nah. My swimming spot is a secret rock jump hidden behind the apple factory. :)
@@OuterEdgeOutpost Yeah, I get it, wouldn’t want to swim in a crammed place but the secret spot sounds cool, wherever it is. ☺
ISAAC, i ask you a question as you are a writer, have you ever played a game called ALAN WAKE?. What do you think about it
Haha, not yet but so many people have been telling me I am literally him! I'm going to play it once I get a gaming PC set up...
"Not so fun building a brand" - Well, I liked it. So maybe, try to see it less like "I am forced to do this" and more "wow, people really just like to see me try stuff out and it makes them smile when I think out loud while doing it". Every product you actually use to survive and build out there should be sponsoring you. Even if it was just free gear/materials, that's less gear you need to spend your money on (e.g. Solar?). You don't have a large following so sell them on the "potential" given your pedigree and that they are getting in early before you become very expensive, etc.
Yeah, that is the right perspective I suppose. Maybe if I get more offers like these, I'll turn it into more of an adventure video with some incidental use of the product rather than basing the whole video around the product.
I absolutely second this comment! This video was fun. Would be totes down for adventure vids with incidental use of products. The weirder the better imo. I liked the weird waterproof socks!
Seems like the waterproof socks would be helpful in the snow. When you want the extra layers and warmth, and the added protection in case the wet gets into your footwear.
Too bad you're not receiving binoculars, telescopes and solar powered gadgets, cameras and music gear to review. Isn't there some fancy vegan tripod that beams frequencies to keep the wasps away and can cook oats with the light of the Moon?
That's true, they might be more practical in winter weather. I would have serious concerns about breathability though if you're wearing waterproof socks inside a waterproof boot...that's two membranes for the sweat to fight its way through...
Where is Bob
You gotta watch the video.
He's in the bushes!
watson :(
Just buy a new partner for bob and name her stella