Customer Reviews Smartwool Performance Hike Light Cushion Ankle

Quality has been getting worse. Have Smartwool socks from years ago that are still going. Have had to replace more recent purchases. Won't be buying again if these wear out even sooner.

Will never buy another brand of socks for hiking or distance walking. Great for heat and cold temps

Been buying the Phd light hikers for at least 10 years. Love them. Best socks ever. Wear them EVERY DAY unless I have to dress up fancy, am backpacking heavy, or I'll be outside for a while when it's below freezing. Only problem is they tear around the ankle after 1-2 years from the tension of pulling them on. Or maybe it's from rubbing against my shoes. Not a big deal either way. But as per usual, no company, even Smartwool apparently, seems to be able to leave well enough alone. You just had to make them worse. These new socks don't "hug" my arch and instep anymore. Seems possibly due to the extension of the "cushion" along the entire sole. Why do I need a big cushion on the arch of my foot? That doesn't bear my weight! Are these for flat footed people? If so, ok, make a flat footed edition like this and keep selling the older more awesome socks for the other 99.9999% of people. Or just for me. That's cool too. The discernible "hugging" around the arch and instep was one of my favorite things about the previous version. Ugh! If you have a pallet of the old version gathering dust in a warehouse that you want to part with for a reasonable price, hit me up. I like the brown ones and the black ones. Rough math says I'll need about 300 to last me until I'm dead, assuming nothing unexpected befalls me before I waste away otherwise naturally. This new edition just doesn't cut it. Big sad face. And a pox be upon the executive who decided to do this.

The cushion was too warm and heavy but you don't have non cushion socks in extra large which is the size I need. Also, I received 3 to 4 e-mails per day advertising more socks which were annoying.

I learned I'm not a fan of light cushion

Your website says these are the phd socks renamed but they have a lot more padding.

The socks fit very well, but they don't breathe nearly as well as the older versions. They also tend to hold odor more than my previous generation Smartwool socks. Not sure, but it seems like Smartwool is sneaking in more synthetics than they used to.

Typically love smartwool, but these "light" cushion socks are not light at all.

I like the pattern, however, I find the Unisex size runs small. I wear a Women's large or Men's medium. I ordered the Unisex size medium and it is too small.

Only comment is that it say's your company is gearing up to produce your socks from 100% recycled nylon! So a wool sock company is planning on not using wool in your "smartwool" sock??? I knew the quality had gone down in recent years, but sounds like you are headed down the Land's End road! Cheaper materials and workmanship at the same prices! Have been a customer for 25 years, but will be finding another company in the future, sad, you used to make an amazing product!

The main reason for the poor rating is due to the color. On the website, the colors (especially the light blues) seem much more vibrant than what was shipped to me. The ones I received looked like they had been washed 50 times already.

Smartwool socks get holes in the heels within 3 to 5 years even if you just wear the socks ONCE PER WEEK for 3 MONTHS out of the YEAR for 2 to 5 years. At more than $20 per pair, put your money into a comparable brand like Darn Tough Vermont, whose socks do not get holes. Every single pair of smartwool socks I own have holes in the heels and smartwool does NOT HONOR THEIR LIFETIME WARRANY