4-Pack Fun Toes Men's Heavy Duty Prime Merino Wool Socks

Sam's Club has something similar. 3 pairs for $15.99, so only 33 cents a pair more than OP and made in USA. https://www.samsclub.com/p/omniwo..._product_2

I have been buying the Cozia brand. $13.99 for 3 pairs so $4.66 pair lower price. These are 80% merino wool and thick. I have washed each pair twice and they seem to be unchanged. There is some sign of pilling. The Peoples choice socks are better quality at almost double the price $6.5 / pair.

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I know this is not the website to get all preachy in the comments about the source of a deal, but if you are looking to buy socks/clothing/etc, I'd suggest going with an Etsy store this holiday season - or other site where small businesses have exposure. Sure, you may pay 2-3x as much, but you'll probably end up getting higher quality with more of the primary material, and you're helping out the little guy. Example, I'm in Chicago and a local Polish seller's Etsy store has Alpaca/Merino socks at $20/ea, made in EU/Poland. On the flip-side, their slippers which can be found in the $60-70 range probably pass for better quality than $200-$300 name brand ones. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Follkee

tl;dr- with electronics and tech, you usually don't have much of a choice other than to feed the machine. But with clothing there may be a lot of unexplored options to get the same or better than what's mass-produced.

Does anyone know the percentages in these socks?

Thanks for reminding me! I got these socks a while ago and loved them, ordered these instead.

Does anyone know the percentages in these socks?

For actual good winter socks, the percentage of wool and type of wool both matter.

Merino wool is MUCH more comfortable for most people (it's softer, more finely woven and much less itchy), Generally the higher the content merino wool, the better (at least warmer) the sock should be. Also note there are thin, medium weight and heavy weight/duty (thickest) weaves so buy according to your specific needs.

Nylon is generally the next highest percentage component because it wears really well, meaning it is very resilient to thinning, tearing and ripping.

If you want to get a lot of life out of decent quality and above Merino wool socks (really any socks for that matter), wash them somewhat sparingly (which is more reasonable with wool socks) and always air dry (or at least as as often as realistically able) the heat from the dryer is hard on both the wool and the nylon, which again, should be the two most abundant components in good quality and above winter/cold weather socks.

There is a reason the informed outdoor enthusiasts say "cotton kills", same goes for socks, cotton is fantastic for primary sock construction UNLESS/until it gets wet, once it's wet it quickly becomes a liability, especially in the cold, but also in general because the fibers fill with water and stay wet which then quickly can cause all other sorts of issues.

Sorry if this is TLDR or repetitive, wish someone would have explained some of this to me much earlier in my life. 😖🥴🤦

I know this is not the website to get all preachy in the comments about the source of a deal, but if you are looking to buy socks/clothing/etc, I'd suggest going with an Etsy store this holiday season - or other site where small businesses have exposure. Sure, you may pay 2-3x as much, but you'll probably end up getting higher quality with more of the primary material, and you're helping out the little guy. Example, I'm in Chicago and a local Polish seller's Etsy store has Alpaca/Merino socks at $20/ea, made in EU/Poland. On the flip-side, their slippers which can be found in the $60-70 range probably pass for better quality than $200-$300 name brand ones. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Follkee

tl;dr- with electronics and tech, you usually don't have much of a choice other than to feed the machine. But with clothing there may be a lot of unexplored options to get the same or better than what's mass-produced.

Funny you mention Follkee because last year I almost bought a pair of gloves from them. This store definitely looks legit. I have bought other items from Etsy such as leather goods (many from Ukraine) and the price may be a little higher, but the quality of these non-mass produced goods are way better in my experiences.

That being said, you do have to be careful on Etsy since there are many storefronts just buying from somewhere like Aliexpress and reselling as "handmade". As a precaution, I would suggest either doing a reverse photo search or a general search for these items on Amazon, Aliexpress, and Google before buying.

Higher merino wool percentage, more socks, better return policy https://www.costco.com/kirkland-s...71254.html [costco.com]