Breaking in new boots is torture

[Target_in_sight]

I bought them a month before the season a few years back and wore them around the house and on short walks. I still ended up with blisters on the first real hunt. Is there some secret to breaking boots in the right way?

 

[Alan]

Breaking in boots just means suffering early so future you can walk smugly

 

[Nathan]

I learned the hard way that just walking around the house isn't enough to break in boots. So now I hike in them with a loaded pack for weeks before the season

 

[Jason1]

Good socks matter almost as much as the boots when you’re trying to avoid blisters.

 

[Alan]

Good socks matter almost as much as the boots when you’re trying to avoid blisters.

Boots get the credit but socks are the real undercover managers of foot comfort and sanity.