Darn tough requires you to return them on your dime, although some retailers like REI will allow you to exchange on site. Cloudline is another great brand to consider that offers a true hassle free lifetime warranty. Fill out an the online form and wait for your replacements (no returning). They are US made and they offer discounts to military, teachers, and more. They send me 20-25% off discounts via email frequently as well.

Cloudline socks is another great brand with a true hassle free (no need to return) lifetime warranty. They are a U.S. made and they offer 20-25% discounts frequently and always to military, teachers, etc. Other great socks brands with lifetime warranties to also consider:

Feetures

Point 6

Grip 6

Ice Breaker

Bombas

Swiftwick

Altera Alpaca

At 135k it better still be running smh hahahah

I'd also like to add that by purchasing a higher quality product you're cutting down on the garbage you produce. So, going by your same 16 vs 100 pairs, that's around 84 pairs of socks that won't be seeing a garbage bin. Good!

The question that springs to mind for me is…..how long do you wear each pair of socks before washing?

Assuming that the champion socks got worn once a day, and if you moved to a new pair for the next day 😄 each pair would be worn just under 4 times a year. Or became useless after 32 wears and washes (4 x wears for 8 years). Which seems pretty bad. All ball park figures here :).

To make your new socks beat the “champions”, they’ll have to stand up to….182 wears each over the next 8 years. That’s 150 extra wears per sock.

Let us know how it goes :).

I know this is an Old School question - Have you thought about darning a hole in a good quality sock that does not have a lifetime warranty?

The Pilot platform is pretty good. Not sure about the MDX but Pilots seat 8 people, assuming a few of them are child sized.

They have a key weakness on the trans-cooler. If you do not use genuine Honda coolant and make sure to keep it fresh you will end up with coolant in the transmission.

The 2003 may have another transmission issue, I cannot recall. I know that 2004 and before have a more complex timing belt arrangement. Given the choice I would go 2005 or later, though obviously OP is not in that position, already having the vehicle.

I once found an abandoned Pilot, gave the owner 500 USD and put it back on the road. It had snow-drift style accumulations of pretzel pieces and M&Ms in it. It had been badly neglected and had the trans-cooler line connection issue but I caught it in time and put in a new radiator and all was fine. I did brakes and shocks and such and it was a great car. Later I did the timing belt and it needed a new alternator. I put 60k miles on it and sold it for book value when I found another abandoned car I was forced to rescue.

Wow. I buy a couple of packs of Walmart socks (probably about $20 as you said) and that lasts me about the 8 years even if I'm using them for running and such. I wonder if there is some other factor (shoe fit, toe nails, etc.) that is adding additional wear?

On their website, for the warranty it wasn't clear to me if they provide the packaging and postage to ship to them, only that they ship for free to you. In that case, that might add to your cost especially if you have to do it multiple times (plus the hassle of actually shipping). I guess it really comes down to whether these socks are so good that you virtually never need to replace them vs if you're going to have to keep using the warranty every few years.

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The other concern I have is that their website says you send them the old socks and they send you the replacement for free. So, it sounds like you might have to pay to ship the socks to them and for the packaging to do so. If that's the case, that should be factored in.

You make a good point! As long as Darn Tough socks honors a lifetime guarantee on their socks, and assuming a similar amount of wear on socks, Darn Tough are a darn good deal.

There are also grip6 socks. Far fewer options, but the same guarantee. They have discontinued and seconds sales where you can get a pair for $10.

Man I always wondered about the maths behind this. I’m delighted to see your experiment and workings.

I have been aware that I’m a victim of these economies for some time, only dabbled in solutions. Never bothered to knuckle down and do the science!

However my ‘sock game’ is complex, our weather is crazy and I need a versatile range of sock options. For months I’ve been mostly wearing thin breathable liner socks and a wool-hybrid over sock.

I’ve been wondering how the oversock changes the wear and tear on the undersock (or not) but dammit I’m too damn lazy to do the science once again.

I suggest you do your experiment in small-scale before you go out and spend all that money on the same sock.

I buy a lot of my wool socks from a variety of brands based on the blend, weave style and whether they are on sale. So maybe the most cost efficient way isn’t to buy them all from one place?

Complicated business and worthy of further study.

Your very thorough cost / wear analysis shows you have a deep passion for this topic.

It's only going to take us another 25 years to find out if it makes 300k.

I’ve had a pair of Patagonia jeans for about three years. They still look new. But there’s no stretch; are organic cotton Edited: stretch specificity

I have one of these bags. Bought it at a carboot sale not knowing about the brand, for £10. It has seen solid use for 10 years with no defects. It's been around the world multiple times, all sorts of stupid heavy weights in it and no issues.

part of the drivetrain crapped out, but it was very reliable eh... hmm...

Rubbermaid commercial, we have the slimjim ones at my work and a big one, they all go through a lot of beating and still hold up. Pretty sure it’s because they use flexible plastic, absorbs impact maybe? They make good dust pans too.

Ya my 2016 Golf has 136k miles. Either way tho I’m glad OP is happy with it.

skidmark racing stripe!

The cheapest is a 20" box fan and a 20" x 20" filter. The recommended way is 4 filters taped together, cardboard bottom, box fan on one side.

https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/

I have one of these in my basement that the previous owners left. Maybe I'll go get a new filter and set it up.

I have a two story house, where should I place it? Upstairs or down?

Thank you for taking care of her! Looking great and glossy! Plenty of mileage left as well. You guys probably don’t use it too often I reckon

Omfg I really hate people sometimes