Heat Holders From The Sock Shop Review

October 11, 2015 Shell Robshaw-Bryan

Camping Features, Camping Gear We Love, Outdoor Gear Reviews, Reviews

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We spent the weekend camping, and although it’s been beautiful, perfect Autumn weather, the air is crisp and wind is chilly even with the sunshine. With the evening temperature dropping down to 2 degrees though, night time in a tent, is cold.

Me wearing Mountain Warehouse Fleece Jacket, Heat Holders Black Leggings & Karrimor Boots

We never camp with an electric hookup, so need to ensure we take the right camping gear and clothing with us whenever we’re camping in cold weather. Heat Holders from Sock Shop have been the stars of many a cold camping trip, and I’ve been wearing their tights and socks when camping, for the past year.

Soft fleecy lining of the Heat Holder leggings

Their thick snuggly socks, with a tog rating of 2.3, are like wrapping little tiny duvets around your feet. They are seriously warm, and so are my tights which are fleece lined, making them ideal for chilly days and even better for cold nights.

Heat Holder Socks and their warm fleecy inside lining

When I received a new pair of socks (in pink, yay!) and a pair of black leggings, they arrived with perfect timing for our camping trip, so I took them with us to test them out. Whilst I did use a combination of methods to keep warm over the weekend, I can honestly say, I’ve never had a warmer, more comfortable nights sleep in my tent outside of summer.

I slept in my Heat Holder socks, and in my leggings too, with my regular pyjama bottoms over the top. I really can’t praise them enough for cold camping.

At a slightly over average height of 5.6″, frustratingly, tights and leggings are often too short for me, but both the Heat Holders tights and leggings are an excellent length, and come in sizes small through to extra large.

Our Verdict

Heat Holders are great quality and comfortable to wear – despite them being so thick, on a cold day you don’t get hot and sweaty. They offer a great, true to size fit and are excellent value for money, at £6 for the socks and just £8 for the leggings. For me, they are a cold weather camping must have.

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Heat Holders Leggings £8.00

Heat Holders Socks £6.00

Thanks to Sock Shop for sending us the leggings and a pair of socks for us to test.

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Shell loves all things travel and outdoors and is a nature-loving, comfy-camping kinda girl. Shell started the Camping with Style blog after a serious snowboarding accident which left her with a broken back. Despite this she used the outdoors and healing power of nature to aid her recovery and she continues to spend time outdoors whenever she can.

From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy.

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