This season I wasn't up for wearing damp boots on cold mornings, so when I found the DryGuy Thermanator on Amazon I decided to give home boot dryers a shot.
The Thermanator had a few features particularly interesting to me: First it was the cheapest boot dryer that held up to four boots and second it used a whopping 30W of power, which meant it wouldn't burn my boots or my electric bill.
When the package arrived there was a short put-together that consisted of two screws and things were cooking. You have the option to either attach floor stands as I did, or you can mount the Thermanator on any wall using the included brackets.
Since this dryer works on the concept of heat conduction, everything on the unit is metal. The heating element is incredibly gentle; you can leave your boots on the thing for days (probably weeks, months, years?) and no harm will come to them.
Because the Thermanator doesn't use a fan it doesn't waft horrific boot odors and turn my small house into a locker room. There are no moving parts to break, and as long as you give it enough time your boots will always be dry in the morning. I have even put a few soaked (washed) liners on it to dry overnight.
The biggest problem is this is not a boot dryer for impatient or forgetful people; if you don't get your boots on the dryer and give them a full night, they won't dry completely. Also, soaked boots--like the liners I washed--take even longer than that.
For your 9am to 4pm full day on the hill, the DryGuy Thermanator Boot and Shoe Dryer does exactly what it was made to do...Since I bought it, I've had yet to go a day without toasty, dry boots on my feet.
DryGuy Thermanator Boot and Shoe Dryer
4/5 Cacti
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