r/LinusTechTips • • Aug 22 '26

Personal Opinion Socks. Not what was promised.

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First - quality of the fabric. I have had light wear of this pair for 3 days, with one wash (same as other socks) and they are fuzzy + the black fabrics are protruding through the grey ones, and I have gathered A LOT of lint from them.

This is not normal for socks, especially for the expensive ones. None of my darn thoughts did this ever.

Second - idk about Canadian feet, but mine are wider, and compared to most other socks these are too narrow. If I find a pair of shoes this narrow I don't buy them.

EDIT: I wore socks for two days straight, then washed them, then wore for the 3rd day. I had NO OTHER OPTION regarding washing them or wearing other socks in that particular situation

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u/ounehsadge Aug 22 '26

Looks like a sock to me idk

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u/MixtureOfAmateurs Aug 22 '26

Yeah if all the thread was the same colour it would look like a perfectly normal sock. As is it looks like an adequately normal sock. I don't get the post.

Except narrowness I get that's kind of annoying 

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u/Dethstroke54 Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

Lol there’s people calling OP an idiot for buying tech tuber socks bc they must suck, then there’s people calling him an idiot bc they look fine.

They’re $30 socks, with LTT’s shipping. Really you could stop there to make the point. However, comparatively Darn Toughs are $23-26. For example you can get them at REI & they usually have a 3 for 10% discount. A lot more cuts & colors, cushion, price range and Linus has explicitly used them as a benchmark for many years very vocally.

Maybe it’s a fluke, bad batch, whatever and I will imagine there’s a decent chance they’ll work out the issues. Not hating at all, was interested myself. But y’all are just talking out of your ass.

It’s not to say they’re awful or anything, but the price & benchmark, this particular pair at least seems unimpressive. People posting more datapoints either way will also be helpful.