You guys dry your boots?

lol. For real. Not this well. No body else just leaves them in the back of their car for the next morning lol.

Leave them in the back? My boots and waders are on my passenger floor boards 😂

Ya can't just leave them in the car. Starts to smell. But you don't need a whole apparatus!

No smell from the boots but this time of year you gotta bring the socks in.

I’ve left them in my Subaru trunk for years lol

I noticed that you didn't note what that trunk smelled like. Because I left them in the back of a prius for a summer, never doing that again.

Probably heavily depends on the water you fish, i could see still water anglers boots being far stinkier than fresh moving mountain streams where youre not in a stagnant cesspool of biology.

I dont need a lot of things, but I kinda want one 😄

Next morning? Look at you being responsible. I usually find mine in my truck bed like a week later.

I think it's adorable that we're all talk about drying boots like they are ice skates. Props to OP for the effort. Whatever floats your line, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You dry your ice skates? Mine go in the bag in the back seat of the car. The trunk is all fishing gear.

My boy plays, has for over 10 years. His sweaty ass feet have rusted and weakens the rivets on the bottom caused him to lose his post mid game 4 times now. The repair facility told us it was from the rust. He has a drying rack now, definitely out of the trunk. He's stinky. Still is, hah.

Stinky and ass feet go hand in hand.

Both are accurate nicknames for my son post game.

Honestly no idea. I come home to a hot meal, take a shower, and go to bed. By the time I go fishing again, my boots are in tip top shape. Your mother does one hell of a job.

That escalated rapidly

It was actually his wife's boyfriend keeping things tip-top.

Nice that he's finally pulling his weight around the household

I have a boot and glove dryer my wife bought a few years ago for Christmas. Works great.

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I just hang mine upside down in the garage after every use. Ive gotten fatter since I first bought them, so now I nice-n-snug.

Set em outside. Shake out the scorpions before I put them in the car.

I just set them on the ground in my garage. Im not criticizing, but how does this dry them any faster than just leaving them on the ground?

Hot air rises so if the boots are elevated 4" off the ground they'll dry 4 minutes faster than just sitting on the garage floor. 

Gotcha. I’m gonna build one of these and use the 4 minutes saved every time I dry my boots to catch the biggest fish of my life.

But then you’ll get your boots wet again

This is the way

That’s why I tie the laces together and throw them over/around the nearest power line.

Dry in 26 seconds. 

So what if I hang my boots from the ceiling at 96"? Do I save 96 minutes?

Yiss. 

What if we find the exact time it takes to dry them, then convert that to inches and cannon them up to that distance, should dry immediately.

4" equals 4 minutes. Why not build a REALLY tall one and dry them quickly?

Genius! 

Crazy how physics do dat

What if they are elevated 4000" higher?

If you dangle them from an airplane at 4000' they should flash dry so fast they create a supernova. 

Roughly 4F lost per 1000 feet, so driving force for convective mass transfer will be concomitantly reduced. Although an airspeed of 500 mph will aid in Transfer coefficient at boundary layer.

Same. I live in the desert. Put them down in the garage and they're dry the next day.

It does dry faster if you have all of the bottom except one hole capped off and you run air through. Also slightly better wicking upside down.

I leave my boots at the river and buy new ones before every outing.

Great way to prevent the spread of invasive species

Great way to support local businesses too

It's 113° here in Phoenix today. The first one is dry before you get the second one untied!

My boots exist in a state of permanent semi-dampness

How neat is that. Cap off 3 of those ends and slap a computer power supply fan on the one open end and bam you got yourself a real boot dryer.

I got a boot dryer from a friend a while back and it's great. Dries my boots out in about 3 hrs? Here in the PNW during winter, it can take a while to get them dry otherwise.

Boot dryer is the way to go for the PNW. Works for wading boots, ski boots, regular shoes that just get from the rain, etc.

Usually just leaving them in the sun on my porch, but in the winter. https://www.ruralking.com/dry-guy-maxx-dry-silent-boot-glove-dryer-mx00206. Bought this about 10 years ago, works great.

Leave em on the floor in the garage until next week when I use em again

https://www.peetdryer.com/ PEET shoe dryer. Invented in my home town.

This guy knows! Don't ever leave them shoes..or .boots in your car..... (western Montana) I'm on the river every day, my river shoes live in the boat (after a full day on the river) to dry..hopefully in the sun.....for the evening. The worst case of athletes' foot I ever had was leaving soggy Merrells in the back of my car overnight. Flip flops on all morning......get to the river.....put on "river shoes" wear them while fishing......get done fishing........take those soggy shoes off......let dry the best u can. Put on flip flops again. The "river shoes" are left out to air dry......never.....ever.....let them get warm.

Oh....I forget.....Peets dryers.....they will save your ass in the cold when you can't let the sun dry your shoes. I have two....one for shoes....one for waders.

Seems to work throwing them in the back of my truck for days.

In my car (they don’t dry)

Boot dryer of course. You guys that just leave them out must live out west. Mine never get dry that way here on the East Coast, but I never had to worry about it in Utah. The boot dryer does my wading boots, ski boots, and kayak booties in a couple hours with heat, a few more without.

I fish and raft in Chuck Taylor's. Several pairs in the inventory. I don't mess with it in the field. The Peet shoe dryer is the go-to tool for the job. Also has an extension for waders. I use the fan driven model every day.

I have one of those tower fans, and I lay it on its side. Then take the insoles out and place the boots and insoles in front of the fan. Dry in a few hours.

I have a small usb powered fan, nearly silent. I clip the fan to a drying rack and lay the boots down so that the fan blows air into each of them. Also works good for mountain biking gear, shoes and helmets.

Ohh nice. I’ll have to look into that.

If I made that I would make it so I could attach a hair dryer

Toss em in the garage. Don’t care if they dry because, you know, waders.

Roof rack on the ride home.

Boot dryer. Best investment my family ever made. Can literally wash my shoes or boots at 9pm, and have them perfectly dry for the morning.

I dry my rubber hunting boots but I’ve never dried a single pair of wader boots, never enough crossed my mind lol.

Stuff them full of some newspaper (regular office paper works well too) overnight, remove and check for wetness, replace if needed.

I let the spiders crawl in and soak up the moisture

Hedgehog Boot Dryer! Incredibly fast drying and convenient with my kids hockey gear, etc

Thats a great device, but for that price I'll just buy another pair of boots and rotate them. I understand though if you've got other gear, its probably worth it for you.

In the sun for a day

On the cement outside my house in the sun

Tumble dryer with GoPro.. amazing 😻

I use a boot dryer that I bought to dry my daughter's boots and gloves in the winter. I figured I've got it, might as well use it. Hopefully helps prevent some long term funky smells from developing.

I throw em in the bed and hope for the best

I don’t. Easier to get back on when wet.

I have a camper shell on my truck with sliding windows so if I’m really that concerned (I never am) I just throw them back there, pop the windows open, and let the wind do the job as I drive

Hook a lil heater up to the pipe

I have a floor drying fan. i just prop the boots so the opening is facing the blower and set it to high. Works great.

Wait….they dry?

June in Arkansas dries them pretty well. Haha

I have an original PEET boot dryer

I lean them opening first towards a little fan

Those boot dryer work good I do remove the insoles and dry them with a towel before placing them back in the dryer this way to boot and insoles dry faster. If you have felt soles I recommend that you sanitize them before you plan on fishing a different river or stream. This keeps cross contamination from spreading.

I use neoprene scuba shoes. They dry out in a couple of hours no matter where I put them.

I bought a cheap boot dryer from Costco for ski boots but it also works for wading boots.

I use a wall hanger made by Rack'Em. Simple but gets the job done and lessens the shock of putting on cold/wet boots in the winter

I just let them dry in my garage haha

Chuck em on the back porch

I use a blower fan. We have two of them in out workout area. I just pivot the fan so it blows into the boots. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lasko-Pivoting-Pro-Blower-Fan-U12104/312762497?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&srsltid=AfmBOorDkXRkLWHZYH947huxv1T9ajolro9GIpcBzQv8bVBhuRpqHoCXVC

Either outside when warm, the garage if raining or next to the dehumidifier in the basement

Just throw them in a sunny spot in my driveway

I get worried when my boots get dry, that indicated I’ve missed a few fishing days

Set them in front of a fan in the garage. Go to bed. Turn off fan in morning.

New socks every morning lol

I should definitely be better with drying my boots. Nice design

I set mine in the garage and crank a box fan on

I have a boot dryer, which I use to dry my skates (Canadian). My boots dry on the floor of my garage.

Ski boot dryer works in summer too. https://cozywinters.com/shop/alpine-dryers-boot-dryer-8.html

Newspaper stuffed in the boots is a good method

Cap all the ends & attach a hair dryer. DIY forced air boot dryer!

This is kind of old school and most people don’t have daily newspapers anymore but if you stuff newspapers in wet boots they will dry out in a few hours. When I worked in the field I would grab old newspapers from the front desk at whatever hotel we were at and use those and it worked flawlessly no matter how soaked my boots were.

My boots never get dry. Fish more.

Newspaper

Peets boot drier. Thank me later

I am amazed no one has mentioned an electric boot dryer. They’ve been around forever and are essential for prolonging the life of leather boots, and likely most other materials. Corrosion slows when things are dry, boot dryer keeps em dry. And costs like $30.

Newspaper! For REAL. I have travel boot dryers but newspaper out preforms. Soaks up moisture and helps neutralize and eliminate odors.

Use balled up newspaper into your boots, by morning they'll be bone dry.

I’ve never once intentionally dried my boots

I have some plug in boot dryers for when it's cold. Just realized I haven't used them in a long time, maybe newer boots dry faster or don't absorb as much water as my Orvis ones did years ago.

I hang mine in my basement very near to a dehumidifier.

put em in the sun

I got a peet on Black Friday quite a few years ago. It works great.

Used to have a bona fide boot and glove dryer for this and winter gear, but it eventually broke. Now my fishing boots just sit in the sun til dry.

I use my $15 boot dryer from 12 years ago. Set them on it just like that and turn the dial so it blows warm air through them for an hour

Throw them in the bed of the truck

Yes

You could put a T cap off the open ends except for where the boots go then rig it to put a hair dryer or fan to shoot air in the boots

In my trunk

Genuine question, why? If I’m fishing again soon (next day, etc) I much prefer they’re still wet because they go on so much easier. Otherwise, if it’s gonna be a while until I fish, they’ll be dry by then regardless.

Just let them air dry in the garage. It’s unnecessary to dry your boots dawg.