hasty tiger
Hello!
A couple of students and I are currently working on a project where we're wondering about the issue with wet gear (boots, gloves and such) on multiple day fishing/hunting/hiking trips.
The item we're thinking about would be the size of a shoe-sole that would expand and heat up to lets say 70C on use (for drying shoes, different size for lets say gloves), with a weight of 20-30 gram and designed to work even in sub-zero temperatures. And the places this would be used would be places where you wouldn't/couldn't carry an oven, gas-stove or something similar. We agree that the heat output of a fire would outperform this thing in most situations. But we all know weather can play tricks on you making it way harder to build a proper fire to dry gear than putting something into your shoes during night and having dry shoes in the morning.
This would be a comfort item that would make sure your hiking shoes, hunting boots or skiing boots are dry the next morning without having to spend 2-3-4-5 hours around a fire making sure the boots aren't to close to the fire, but also getting enough heat to dry.
And since this is an item that hasn't been invented yet, we'll add that it would be reusable, and with a prize tag of about $30-40.
We're also expecting that if you're actively seeking water, for example paddling or wading up rivers this wouldn't be something you'd use on your wading shoes since they'd be wet again no matter what you'd do.
In that respect we'd love your answers on this. You can either react directly on the post or the poll posted beneath this post.
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This is not an issue for me. 💧
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This is an issue for me, but I don't want to pay anything for it. 💸
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This is an issue for me, and I wouldn't mind paying for the extra comfort of having dry gear in the morning. 🔥
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