Here are a few facts about boot dryers, ski boot dryers, ice skate dryers, athletic shoe dryers and work boot dryers. If you are interested in any of or products, please click on the link in the left column.
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We sweat all over -- our hands have a comparable number of sweat glands, for example -- and most of the rest of our body doesn't particularly stink, except for our armpits. The difference is socks and shoes cover up our feet. The sweat our feet produce can't easily escape into the air like the sweat on our hands. Therefore, the sweat collects in our socks and shoes. The bacteria love this dark, damp feast and have a sort of feeding frenzy. When you take off your shoes, the smell that hits you is all the bacteria excretions that's collected on your feet and in your socks and shoes.
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In one day, each foot can produce more than a pint of sweat!
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To eliminate foot odor, change you sock a couple times a day, thus removing the sweat that bacteria feed eat.
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Dry insulation conserves body-heat 25 times better than damp insulation.
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Where does that smell come from? The smell comes from waste being produced from the bacteria eating our sweat. As the bacteria on our feet or underarms eat our sweat, they excrete waste that has a strong odor.