Pleasure Supreme

We often do not want to share with others those things that just give us so much pleasure. I am sure once you have read this your life will change.

One of the "suffering rituals" skiers have to go through is the cold boot insert, the wet boot plunge, the hard boot fight. All that can be solved with some minor "adjustments, modifications or purchases.

We are talking here about the toasty boot possibility!

Most modern boots have a inner liner that is "active" when close to heat. In other words it "molds" or moves when heated!

Here are some techniques to help you get that "grateful foot" feeling.

I have an old oil furnace and I can place 5 pairs of boots on a special rack I designed. In the morning the boots are toasty warm!

I also have two portable fan driving boot heaters which I always use when traveling. They have internal "cut-off" sensory and are very quiet.

The very best boot heaters are the ceramic heaters. No noise, slow gradual heat and very compact.

I also buy a very small hair drier which I use on very cold days for my gloves and boots ( only for 5 minutes) since you can burn liners and ruin hair drier. NEVER but NEVER insert air drier into ski boot and walk away! Why? Well first Ise is going to post that it is a "fire hazard"!!! Which it is!
More importantly it will melt inner foam!

Now a great hint for Jan! I once visited a bed and breakfast where the owner built himself a ski boot rack heater for 20 boots with simple PVC pipes! On one wall were a series of PVC pipes that held ski boots. The heat source can be; furnace, wooden stove, electrical heat duct source. He used those small silent computer fans you can get in any store! I modified this system for my house with fans for fireplaces and a variable electric switch for power tools. Thus I can get very fast hot air or just slow stream hot air!

PS Jan Get outside fan for "boot odors" and also a powder you can buy for oils smells! It has magical qualities which seems to "eat" foot smells NOT hide it!It is sold by oil furnace companies. White like flour and truly has magical properties. My oil tank had this smell from oil spill ( by technician) and once spread in 15 minutes odor gone! He gave me a box and I have discovered it works on grease smells, foot smells, boot smells,!!!!

Cost $55 for complete system in my home
-fan
-duct tape
-tubing
-variable switch

Once you put on your toasty warm boots and they "mold" to your feet,,,never again will you put on cold boots or do the wet plunge in damp ski boots!

Conditions to respect
You must know all about plastic acetone glues
You must know about electricity
You must know temperature control
You must know how to use duct tape
You must know how to turn off electric breakers

phew...hope I have covered all my liabilities.