I have had better luck with SmartWool than with Darn Tough. My Darn Tough socks have developed pills. Both brands have dropped in quality over the past decade.
Seconding this anecdote. Bought several pairs of smart wool and darn tough a few years back. Darn tough are still going strong, but my smart wool have significant holes.
I had a bad first experience with smartwool (the pair gifted to me are abysmally thin and I can’t stand thin socks lol)
I enjoy that darn tough has midweight and heavyweight and wish they made heavier-weighted quarter-length.
I got some crew socks recently that the seam rubs my toe a little in my hiking boots but my heavier weighted ones do fine. I’ve decided that at this point perhaps it’s not the sock, but that my pinky toes refuse to conform 😩
I have had better luck with SmartWool than with Darn Tough. My Darn Tough socks have developed pills. Both brands have dropped in quality over the past decade.
I cannot speak to SmartWool but my Darn Tough socks, while still useable, are not the same socks they were even a year ago.
I’ve had the opposite experience. My smartwools all fall apart now.
Seconding this anecdote. Bought several pairs of smart wool and darn tough a few years back. Darn tough are still going strong, but my smart wool have significant holes.
I had a bad first experience with smartwool (the pair gifted to me are abysmally thin and I can’t stand thin socks lol) I enjoy that darn tough has midweight and heavyweight and wish they made heavier-weighted quarter-length. I got some crew socks recently that the seam rubs my toe a little in my hiking boots but my heavier weighted ones do fine. I’ve decided that at this point perhaps it’s not the sock, but that my pinky toes refuse to conform 😩