We tested the waterproof socks in our comparison while sailing over the fall and winter season. If the weather wasn’t rough enough, we dunked our feet in the water before we started. We also wore the socks hiking in cold rain with sneakers and cycling in freezing temperatures. Normally we wore them alone, but a few times we layered other sock beneath them, depending on the temperature and footwear fit.

1. Doubling up makes sense on colder days. Here boot socks are on top, and Randy cold weather socks on bottom.
2. It’s easy to slip a wool sock under the waterproof sock.
3. The Gill boot sock goes much further up the calf.