Yeah VFFs are funky...but sometimes not in the good way

[Zyzzyx]

Either its because mine are still fairly new, a few weeks in the Treks; or because I'm usually wearing socks; or I'm one of the lucky ones without odor problems.

For the last few weeks I've been wearing my brown Treks almost every day, usually with socks (been cooling off, and looks better at work). I can take a deep sniff of them and they still have the 'new leather' smell to them.  *shrug* 

Weekends and evenings I've usually been wearing the black/orange KSOs, with and without socks, no stink there either. 

[ZeitHeld]

I've been wearing the Treks with socks for a week or two as well. I think the sock and the leather combo makes them more smell resistant.

[Hawkeye]

Interesting topic - here's my occasional regime when my 2 year old KSO's get a bit ripe...

First I soak the footbeds with Amaze detergent booster/stain remover (I bought it at London Drugs) as per directions on the box:

After that I wash them in the machine as per usual, and then hang outside on the line to dry.

After they are dry, I fill up the footbeds with...wait for it...coffee beans!

May sound crazy, but it works for me! 

MMm VFF coffee... 

[koffeekev]

Interesting topic - here's my occasional regime when my 2 year old KSO's get a bit ripe...

First I soak the footbeds with Amaze detergent booster/stain remover (I bought it at London Drugs) as per directions on the box:

After that I wash them in the machine as per usual, and then hang outside on the line to dry.

After they are dry, I fill up the footbeds with...wait for it...coffee beans!

May sound crazy, but it works for me! 

Do you drink the coffee afterwards? Yum, Yum!

[Hawkeye]

Interesting topic - here's my occasional regime when my 2 year old KSO's get a bit ripe...

First I soak the footbeds with Amaze detergent booster/stain remover (I bought it at London Drugs) as per directions on the box:

After that I wash them in the machine as per usual, and then hang outside on the line to dry.

After they are dry, I fill up the footbeds with...wait for it...coffee beans!

May sound crazy, but it works for me! 

Do you drink the coffee afterwards? Yum, Yum!

Kind of brings new meaning to special blend eh?

[Bango Skank]

Interesting topic - here's my occasional regime when my 2 year old KSO's get a bit ripe...

First I soak the footbeds with Amaze detergent booster/stain remover (I bought it at London Drugs) as per directions on the box:

After that I wash them in the machine as per usual, and then hang outside on the line to dry.

After they are dry, I fill up the footbeds with...wait for it...coffee beans!

May sound crazy, but it works for me! 

Do you drink the coffee afterwards? Yum, Yum!

Kind of brings new meaning to special blend eh?

and it's still better than Starbucks!   

[Rana]

It certainly can't be worse than that coffee that's supposed to pass through the digestive tract of a civet first.   

[koffeekev]

It certainly can't be worse than that coffee that's supposed to pass through the digestive tract of a civet first.   

Kopi Luak. Can you imagine having the job of harvesting these beans?

[kaioslider]

Ah, $hit 

[shapeshifter]

still have a bag of some which i gathered last time i was in the south pacific. had to remove soft leathery casing which encased the beans after retrieving them from the marsupial's droppings so there was a barrier between the excrement and the bean which was washed and later roasted. not much fun for most civilized folk but i had to harvest this for myself in order to find out if all the stories about the brew had any merit... have to admit that i was really impressed!

[Hawkeye]

Speaking of poop, I stepped in some dog crap this morning.  Thank god it was wet and I wasn't wearing my VFFs! I'd still be scrubbing crap out from between my toes. That isn't a squish I want to experience BF or in VFFs.

[Rana]

That isn't a squish I want to experience BF or in VFFs.

No.

Luckily there's not too much random poop on the sidewalks around here, but I do remember nearly stepping on a pile (and I was wearing my Sprints at the time).  I'd been worrying about glass, but it never occurred to me to worry about poop.  Honestly, I'd rather step on the glass.

[toastergirl]

yeah...i think that the poop would be really hard to clean fro the grooves on the bottom of the VFF's.   

<note to self....look out for poop when walking in VFF's>

[Hawkeye]

yeah...i think that the poop would be really hard to clean fro the grooves on the bottom of the VFF's.   

<note to self....look out for poop when walking in VFF's>

Yeah, the razor siping would be a pain, but scrubbing it out from between your toes would be worse since you wouldn't want to use your washing machine just for one pair of VFFs.

[toastergirl]

eeewww...that would be gross too! 

I stepped in dog poop once in barefeet. it was the most disgusting feeling.  Our dog pooped in the house over night....I got up in the morning to go to the bathroon and as I was walking down the hall...half asleep still....squish!!! AAAHHHH!!! ok...now I was awake.....I then proceeded to hop to the bathroom on one foot and immediately stuck my foot in the tub and started scrubbing it.  to my parents it was rather hysterical - I however (at the time) didn't think it was funny.....but really gross!       Its funny now looking back on it...LOL!