# Socks. . . Best if used by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260 "2003-12-11T03:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260/1 "2003-12-11T03:10:35Z")
Okay, I guess I’ve been out of the sock buying market for a while, but my wife just bought me a package of cheap Wal-Mart socks. Which is fine, but what I don’t understand is why the package is a zip lock package. They’re very proud of the fact that the package is resealable. On the front it says “Resealable: see back” and on the back it says “Resealable/Bolsa Resellable” inside a square wave that runs across the package (I guess that’s the universal symbol for resealable). So, has anyone else run across this phenomenon? Are my socks going to go bad? Should I keep them in the refridgerator? Take care, GES ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260/2 "2003-12-11T03:18:57Z")
Dude, those would be awesome if I were travelling: Put all your socks in the bag, squeeze the zip-lock mostly closed, roll the bag up to squeeze all the air out and seal–PRESTO! Your once big bag of socks is now only half the size. Just open the seal to let the air in to “inflate” your socks again. Tripler That’s why SpaceBags are so popular with me. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260/3 "2003-12-11T03:51:50Z")
I think that’d come in handier when you just finished using them. Ziplock them and no odor gets out! ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260/4 "2003-12-11T03:56:56Z")
From [here](http://www.leisurelybackpacker.com/kinsman_2002.shtml): > [@](#): > > Both his feet soaked, Phil left me behind, moving as quickly as possible towards the AMC hut at Lonesome Lake, where he planned to change into some dry socks. By this point, I was pretty gassed, and in no way capable of keeping up with Phil’s pace. When I reached the hut, he was still working on getting out of his plastic mountaineering boots; the laces had been frozen by the stream water that he had fallen into. Finally he got both his boots off, put on dry socks, and then encased his feet in one-gallon ziplock bags so his socks would not absorb the water that his bootliners were already soaked in (the ziplock bags were my idea). Apparently, you can always use them in case your socks get wet. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-best-if-used-by/218260/5 "2003-12-11T03:59:21Z")
Actually, I found several sites that claim it’s useful for keeping clean clothes dry and dirty clothes from stinking up the place, especially camping/hiking/etc. P.S Sorry for the multiple posts. I guess I was just to button-happy.