Shocking new boots

[darrsi]

Total bastards.  :eek


I could charge a lorry battery with my foot at the moment, or jump start your car.  :look


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/417546/E...phone-walk

[bri h]

Could cotton socks be the answer.  Nylon could be the cause of the static. Except it's just one foot. Do you hop a lot?.

[darrsi]

Could cotton socks be the answer.  Nylon could be the cause of the static. Except it's just one foot. Do you hop a lot?.

I only have cotton socks, so it's not that.
I don't even want to imagine the sparks i'd be getting if they were anything but cotton, i'd probably start a fire.  mokin

[Simon.Pieman]

My brother had similar symptoms to this and ended up at his GP, it turned out to be a neuropathic cause which was the symptom of a illness he now gets treatment for. He gets weird 'shocks' between his fingers too, or used to.
I would get along to my GP, it would be wrong to speculate on a cause but it could be medical. I fear it isn't caused by static build up as you say this happens several times when you are standing still, you don't negatively charge your body without friction so you arn't 'charging up' when standing still.

[darrsi]

My brother had similar symptoms to this and ended up at his GP, it turned out to be a neuropathic cause which was the symptom of a illness he now gets treatment for. He gets weird 'shocks' between his fingers too, or used to.
I would get along to my GP, it would be wrong to speculate on a cause but it could be medical. I fear it isn't caused by static build up as you say this happens several times when you are standing still, you don't negatively charge your body without friction so you arn't 'charging up' when standing still.

That's an interesting angle, thanks for that.


When i first put these boots on the original insoles had a type of fleece covering on the underside of them, i had shocks within seconds of putting them on before i'd even walked in them, and they were worse than what they are now with the new insoles.
Apart from me being a bit weird, i reckon it has to be one of the materials in the boot that just doesn't agree with me.
As i mentioned earlier i have several other decent brands of combat type boots and i have had no issues with them at all over the years.
Apparently the cold dry air can play a big part of it as well so they could end up just being worn in warmer/wetter weather if that's the case, which is a shame because they're otherwise ideal as a winter boot.
I'm s'posed to wear safety shoes at work but get away with wearing these kind of boots with a hardened kick toe, plus they're ideal for the bike as well because they're waterproof.

[darrsi]

Couldn't help but think the woman writing this horoscope knew something about my boots. :lol :lol

[Rexr]

Why don't u just get in touch with the makers....????

[darrsi]

Why don't u just get in touch with the makers....????

Emailed them, I think they're all on the piss  :b