They won’t replace your boots.
If your footwear is wrong for the ground, socks won’t fix it. These keep your feet dry. They don’t add grip or ankle support.
Waterproof socks
Waterproof socks for every terrain. And for wudu.
One sock for hiking, work, cycling, running and everyday wear — and made to meet the conditions for masah. From £20 a pair.
Exclusive offer Free UK delivery on every order — even a single pair.
- Waterproof layer
- Porelle® membrane
- Build
- Three layers
- Sizes
- UK 3 to 14
- Price
- From £20 a pair
The product
One sock, four colours, four sizes
A crew-height waterproof sock in UK 3 to UK 14, from £20 a pair. The same sock and the same price whichever page you arrived on.
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From £20 a pair
Free UK delivery on every order. Buying more than one brings the per-pair price down to £16.
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Sized on foot length, not shoe size
Four bands cover UK 3 to UK 14. Shoe sizing is not consistent between brands, and the foot is what actually has to fit.
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Fourteen days to change your mind
No reason needed, and no form to find. Your statutory rights are the floor here, not the ceiling.
Every terrain
Where people wear them
Same sock every time. Pick the page that sounds like your week.
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Wudu and masah
Wipe over them during wudu instead of taking them off and washing your feet.
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Hiking and walking
Long days on wet ground, when your boots have soaked through and there’s nowhere to dry anything.
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Work and site
Ten-hour shifts in safety boots or wellies, all through a British winter.
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Cycling and commuting
Road spray at the ankle, and shoes that are still wet when it’s time to ride home.
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Running and trail
Cold, wet winter miles and muddy trails, where wet feet mean blisters.
Any pair works for all five. The pages just explain each one properly.
How they work
Three layers. Only the middle one is waterproof, and it never touches your skin or the inside of your boot.
Inner layer
Next to the skin
A soft knitted lining against your foot. It moves sweat away and keeps the waterproof layer off your skin.
Before you buy
What they won’t do
Most brands only tell you what their socks do. Here’s the other half, so you know before you buy.
Water can get in over the top.
A sock is open at the top. Step into water deeper than the sock and it fills up, the same as any sock would.
They won’t last forever.
Toenails, sharp stones and a tumble dryer will all finish off a waterproof layer. Looked after properly, they last a long time.
You can still get sweaty feet.
Work hard enough and you’ll sweat faster than the membrane can cope with. It slows it down. It doesn’t stop it.
The product film
The sock, in the weather it is for.
This is our own film rather than an independent test, so take it for what it is — the product in the conditions it is sold for. The claim underneath it is checkable, and that is the membrane, not the footage.
Four HydroSox colourways — black, white, black with navy and black with grey — pegged to a washing line against a blue ground, with water thrown across them.
The price
Why we’re £20 and not £40
A fair question. It isn’t a cheaper waterproof layer — it’s everything around it that we don’t have to pay for.
| What matters | HydroSox | A £40 pair |
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| The waterproof layer | HydroSox Porelle®, named on the box. | A £40 pair Usually named too. This isn’t where we’ve saved money. |
| How big the range is | HydroSox One product. | A £40 pair Hats, gloves, jackets and more. The range has to be paid for. |
| Where you buy it | HydroSox Direct from us. | A £40 pair Through shops, each taking a margin. |
| What they tell you | HydroSox We publish what these socks can’t do, in the section above. | A £40 pair Very few do. |
| Who you’re buying from | HydroSox A UK company with an address and phone number on every page. | A £40 pair Sometimes a marketplace seller with neither. |
Made for wudu too
Wipe over them instead of washing your feet.
Masah means wiping over your socks during wudu rather than washing your feet. The socks have to be waterproof, hold their shape and stay on the foot. Ours are made to do all three, and two UK scholars have examined them.
Order
Choose your colour and size
One price, whichever page you came in on.
- Delivery
- Free UK delivery on every order — single pairs included, as an exclusive offer
- Sent from
- Our UK warehouse
- Returns
- 14 days, no reason needed
- Pay with
- Visa · Mastercard · Amex · Apple Pay · Google Pay · Shop Pay
Questions
Common questions
Answered with the same facts as the rest of this page. If one of them contradicts something above, the answer above is the one that is wrong.
Something not here? Phone or email us
Do waterproof socks actually work?
Yes. There’s a waterproof layer sealed inside the sock, so rain, puddles and wet ground don’t reach your foot. Two things worth knowing: water that comes in over the top of the sock stays in, and if you work hard you’ll still sweat.
Will my feet get sweaty?
Less than you’d expect, but yes if you push hard. The middle layer lets sweat out as vapour, which buys you a lot of time. Walking, work and commuting are comfortably within it. A hard run in mild weather isn’t.
Do they replace waterproof boots?
No. They’re the layer that keeps working after your boots have soaked through, which on a wet day is usually a matter of when rather than if. They don’t give you grip or ankle support.
Can I use them for wudu?
Yes, that’s what a lot of people buy them for. They’re waterproof, they hold their shape and they stay on your foot. Two UK scholars have examined them, and the wudu page explains it properly.
What size do I get?
Four sizes cover UK 3 to 14. S is 3–5, M is 6–8, L is 9–11, XL is 12–14. If you’re between two, take the bigger one.
How much is delivery?
Free. UK delivery is included on every order, whether you buy one pair or five — the price you see is the price you pay.
Why are there no reviews?
Because we don’t have any yet. We’re new, and a few five-star reviews with nothing behind them aren’t worth reading. When there are real ones they’ll go here, including the bad ones.
Who am I buying from?
HydroSox, a UK company at 399–405 Oxford Street, Mayfair, London W1C 2BU. Our phone number and email are at the bottom of every page.
Who we are
If something goes wrong you should know who you’re dealing with. Here’s the company, the address and two ways to reach a person.
- Company
- HydroSox, UK registered
- Registered address
- 399-405 Oxford Street, Mayfair, London W1C 2BU
- Phone
- 0203 4322 920
- +44 7441 396244
- info@hydrosox.com
£5 off your first pair
Get the code before the weather turns.
Applies to a single pair. The two-pair saving is already built into the price.