Wet cycling shoes - drying product survey (please help!)

Remarkable
Remarkable Posts: 187
edited April 2013 in The cake stop
Hey all, could you please take a minute to fill in this survey. I would really really appreciate it, as it is part of a feasibility study for my college assignment. It should only take a minute. Thanks. :)

Edit: Link Removed. :)
Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill in the survery and give me feedback. It will all be very useful for the assignmnent. :D
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  • AchillesLeftKnee
    AchillesLeftKnee Posts: 713
    Tricky to get this across on the survey, so...

    In the absence of an airing cupboard, no, no need for anything to dry shoes. The current procedure of "stuff with newspaper, stick in airing cupboard" gets wet shoes dry for the next day very reliably.

    However... both the missus and I would happily shell for some sort of chemical-based water absorbing thingy to shove in wet shoes when out and about. Drying properly wet shoes in a tent is nigh on impossible.
    Mangeur
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,304
    I'll only do your survey of you do mine:

    viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12914661
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  • Remarkable
    Remarkable Posts: 187
    AchillesLeftKnee wrote:
    Tricky to get this across on the survey, so...

    In the absence of an airing cupboard, no, no need for anything to dry shoes. The current procedure of "stuff with newspaper, stick in airing cupboard" gets wet shoes dry for the next day very reliably.

    However... both the missus and I would happily shell for some sort of chemical-based water absorbing thingy to shove in wet shoes when out and about. Drying properly wet shoes in a tent is nigh on impossible.

    Thanks for the feedback. :) The product in mind would ideally be hung up on a clothes line (or tent) with the wet shoes inside. It relies on the wind and its ventilation properties to dry.
  • Remarkable
    Remarkable Posts: 187
    pinarello001 wrote:
    I'll only do your survey of you do mine:

    viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12914661

    Done! :)
  • schweiz
    schweiz Posts: 1,644
    edited April 2013
    I filled out your survey and to be honest I'd be unlikely to buy anything as the usual process for me is stuff with newspaper, remove newspaper before going to bed, if almost dry leave to air dry overnight, if they've had a real soaking, re-stuff with dry newspaper. Otherwise the laundry room in our apartment block has a de-humidifier/fan that will dry a whole room of clothes in about 4-5 hours.

    However, to be honest, I'm not sure on relying on the natural wind will help. Firstly, there has to be at least a light breeze. Secondly, clothes, bedsheets, towels and the like are relatively thin and have a large surface area relative to their mass. They also aren't filled with absorbent padding. This increases the rate of evaporation and therefore they dry. You need something to actually force the evaporation or absorb the water.

    Many ski hotels use boot racks which have a perforated metal tube through which warm, dry air is blown for a few hours overnight when the electricity is cheap. In the morning your boots are dry and warm ready for the next day. http://www.skiraum.at/en/skifix/drying- ... based.html. Looking at that site they also have warm water circulation and electricity only solutions.

    Another solution could be a bag filled with silica gel. I went to a shoe shop a few years back and asked for the silica gel bags that come in new shoe boxes. They gave me a about 100 free of charge and were offering me even more! A canvas bag filled with silica gel and in the rough form of a shoe would, I'm sure, absorb lots of water. The bag can then be dried out in an airing cupboard or an oven at say 80-100°C.

    Finally, if you're thinking about something for camping, it needs to be outside the flysheet as the humidity under the flysheet will stop any evaporation at all! Therefore dew fall and rainfall need to be considered.
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  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dyzone-Snowboard-Ski-Boot-Dryers-/290848748824

    Or, if you want to spend more money;

    http://www.skiweb.uk.com/travel-compact-ski-boot-dryer.html
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  • adamski_8
    adamski_8 Posts: 35
    Done :)
  • AchillesLeftKnee
    AchillesLeftKnee Posts: 713
    MattC59 wrote:
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dyzone-Snowboard-Ski-Boot-Dryers-/290848748824
    Well, that's that sorted :D
    Mangeur
  • apreading
    apreading Posts: 4,535
    Got one of these for Christmas - its actually surprisingly good!

    http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Pr184300000/Pr184300000
  • P_Forrest123
    P_Forrest123 Posts: 8
    did the survey but i think newspaper and a radiator is fine or an airing cupboard, no need to reinvent the wheel although saying that i guess its not a bad idea

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