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New socks in the last 5 years have been visibly poor quality. The nylon band that hugs your leg loses it's stretch after a few dozen washes. My older socks of
by tetris11 2y ago
New socks in the last 5 years have been visibly poor quality. The nylon band that hugs your leg loses it's stretch after a few dozen washes.
My older socks of the same price and (seemingly visible) quality from 10+ years still have nylon going strong.
I've had to adapt to this by now rolling my socks together before putting them in the drawer, instead of bundling them, as I have done for these past X decades.
- eclecticfrank 2y agoI'm curious how you make socks last for 10+ years? I have around 25 pairs of socks, rotate them, wear socks daily and have to retire them after around two years, because they start getting holes. Never had problems with the nylon band though.
- tetris11 2y agoBrother make more than printers :-) You can easily stitch up "toe-holes" and tears on the vertical can be patched with other socks. I draw the line at holes on the sole though, they never quite feel the same so I toss those into the use-as-scrap pile.