O.T.C. - Advantage Gear Compression Sock

Dry and Comfortable!

Although not my first Buffalo Wool socks I was still mighty impressed at how comfortable and DRY my feet remained wearing these O.T.C. socks. Humidity had the feels like temperatures well into triple digits as I worked on my dock and I think my feet were the only part of me that wasn't soaking wet.

Not Quite There, For Me

Okay, I've bought a fair amount of Buffalo wool socks, and theyve all been very comfortable, warm, and resilient. And socks, especially wool ones, are a pretty personal, like or dislike thing. So, on a personal level,just for me, these were TOO compressive, in the Large I generally buy for myself. So tight they left bruising along my calf from the top band of elastic. I've had to wear medical grade compression socks before for healing from an injury, so I have an idea what compression socks feel like. This isnt coming out of left field. If I had ordered these a size larger, the upper might have been less tight, but the foot wouldn't have been correct, and the heel would have been too far back and up. And I'm not a huge guy (6-1, and 240) and age is creeping in, so my calves arent what they were. The socks are just too tight for me where the compression ribbing is. So a 5 for being bison wool and comfortable as heck in the foot, and a 3 for the extraordinary compression in the calf. Works out to a 4, so there you have it.

Great feeling socks! I thought they would be too heavy for summer use but they are good at keeping my feet dry.