On 22/02/16 18:36, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:16:21 +0000, Racquel Darrian
. wrote:

I've had three pairs of new wellington boots and all three have me with
wet socks by the end of the day.

I double sock and the top pair are wet at the end of the day but the
inner pair aren't that bad so I'm ruling out perspiration.

Is this usual for wellington boots?
Am I doing something wrong?

TIA

But it is perspiration. Your over-heated feet sweat; the sweat
evaporates from your feet and condenses on the cold inside surface of
the welly boots, from where it is transferred by direct contact onto
the top pair of socks. Wear fewer socks!

+1

If you want to test this, and don't mind a short bit of discomfort,
enclose one of your bare feet in a thin watertight polythene bag before
putting on your socks and the welly boot. With the other foot, do as you
normally do. After a short period of work, your polythene-enclosed foot
will be soaking wet with perspiration, but the socks will be dry. I
think you know what the other foot will be like...

--

Jeff