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All of my Darn Tough socks have lasted 5 years so far. Cheap retail store brands (Hanes, Fruit, etc.) have always been awful after about 6 months. They're expen
by vsareto 7y ago
All of my Darn Tough socks have lasted 5 years so far. Cheap retail store brands (Hanes, Fruit, etc.) have always been awful after about 6 months. They're expensive to lose though. I've yet to find the equivalent for T-shirts.
- germinalphrase 7y agoDarn Tough will also replace socks at any point if they develop holes (which is inevitable with wool socks).
- Marsymars 7y agoProbably depends how much you walk on them and on what surfaces. I wear slippers 95% of the time indoors and none of my socks have ever developed holes. (They lose elasticity and unravel first.)
- ghaff 7y agoThe heavy duty cotton Hanes ones seem pretty good. Although, to be honest, even without seeking them out I end up with more tech swag than I can use and I end up donating a lot of it. So I basically never buy cotton T-shirts. The heavier pre-shrunk cotton Hanes ones seem solid though.
- madhadron 7y agoI've had the opposite experience. Darn Tough has replaced a half dozen pairs of socks for me because I end up with big holes in them in about nine months. Which is a shame because they're quite comfortable. For pants, I was using lululemon for a while and just accepting that their build quality made them last about 18 months to 2 years, while the warranty was five years, so I would just have the company swap them out for new ones on a regular basis. I'm trying some pants from prana and arcteryx now that offer equal freedom of motion but hopefully will be a little more robust.
- ves 7y agoArcteryx is the way to go, in my experience. The only prana pants I’ve liked are the continuum, which are bulletproof and fantastic even though they’re just cotton canvas. I’ve shredded them against granite and you can barely tell that there’s some wear.
- madhadron 7y agoThanks! I would have probably just gone with the Arcteryx but my wife really likes me in jeans...