I have been tempted to buy the REV’IT! socks for a very long while now. Partially because it says REV’IT! right along the side of them. Partially because they look super cool. And partially because I was curious to know if they really make a difference.

For a long while I tried convincing myself that wanting special motorcycle socks was a complete nonsense. I don’t own a special pair of socks for walking and a special pair for sitting in an office chair. My attempts to resist my temptation proved futile in the end. I caved in and bought a pair of REV’IT! Tour Summer socks.

The first test was actually performed indoors. I wore them all day long at the office. The overall result of this day long test could be summarized in one word - WOW! My feet haven’t been that comfortable in a long while. Actually they have never been that comfortable. I did not feel like taking them off. So I kept them on when I came back home as well.

Well, this is all great one might say. But how about you do some riding and tell us then how your feet felt? I did ride in and out wearing them. But what can you possibly get from a 30-40 min dashes. I could have worn any socks really and did not even notice the difference.

The test day had come last weekend. A group of my friends and I went riding last Sunday logging over 250 miles of freeways and canyons. I wore the socks. Again the result of this again almost a day long test could be summarized in one word - WOW! We were hitting temperatures of up to 100 degrees and yet my feet were not burning from heat. My ankles and calves did not feel tired at all at the end of the day. I don’t know how REV’IT! pulled it off. Despite my earlier argument about how unnecessary riding socks are I do own some other riding socks from Fox and Alpinestars. And they don’t get close to these ones.

I would highly recommend these socks to anyone who rides a lot. Again they probably will not make a difference a ride is under an hour. But if it is not you will definitely feel the difference.

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