Feetures Elite Max Cushion – No Show Tab

Socks are sized off your shoe size, and there's nothing else to choose. This is Feetures' own chart:

Small is women's 4 to 6.5. Medium is women's 7 to 9.5, or men's 6 to 8.5. Large is women's 10 to 13, or men's 9 to 12. X-Large is men's 12.5 to 15.5.

Between sizes, go up. That's Feetures' instruction and we agree with it. On a no-show it matters more than you'd think: a sock that's slightly too short pulls the heel tab down under your shoe collar, and that's the thing that rubs.

Men below a 6 and women above a 13 aren't on Feetures' main chart. On their own product pages they put men's 6 and under in Small and a women's 13 in X-Large. If you're at either end, call us before you buy a six pack.

They're different fabrics, not just different thicknesses. Light is 96% nylon with 4% spandex. Max is 73% polyester, 23% nylon and 4% spandex.

Take the Light if you wear an orthotic or a supportive insole, if your shoes are already snug, or if you want a sock you barely notice. It's the one we hand people most often, for that reason.

Take the Max if you're on concrete or tile all day, if your shoes have room to spare, or if you already know you like a thicker sock.

Worth being straight about: Feetures publishes the same use case for both, running, walking and sports. The split above is our opinion from fitting people, not their recommendation.

Yes, and the Light Cushion is usually the one we'd point you at. It's thin enough through the footbed that it cushions without taking up the volume your insole needs, and the seamless toe won't bunch against a rigid front edge.

If you're coming off a thick padded sock, call us at (704) 846-0301 first. Going thinner genuinely changes how a shoe fits, and it's better to know before you've bought six pairs.

No, and we'd rather say so plainly than let the word compression do work it shouldn't.

What Feetures builds into these is targeted arch compression: a snug band through the arch that holds the sock in place. It's a fit feature. There's no mmHg rating published for it, because it isn't graduated medical compression.

Feetures does make a graduated compression sock, knee height, rated 15 to 20 mmHg. If your doctor has told you to wear compression for swelling or circulation, that's a different product and a different conversation. Call us and we'll have it.

Talk to us or to your doctor first, and here's the honest reasoning rather than a disclaimer.

A seamless toe and a smooth, well-fitted sock is a genuinely good thing for a foot with reduced sensation, because seams and bunching are what start a wound you won't feel. That counts in their favor.

But these aren't a diabetic sock. Feetures doesn't make one, and a diabetic sock is usually non-binding at the top and loose through the foot, which is close to the opposite of a compression-fit athletic sock. Nothing Feetures publishes addresses wearing Elite with diabetes or neuropathy either way.

Call (704) 846-0301. This is exactly the sort of thing we'd rather work out with you than sell blind.

Some people find the arch compression takes the edge off, particularly through a long day on hard floors. We'd stop short of promising it.

Two things worth knowing. Feetures makes a separate sock aimed specifically at plantar fasciitis, and this isn't it. And a sock is the smallest lever available: what you're standing on matters more, which usually means the shoe, the insole, and what you wear around the house.

If plantar fasciitis is why you're here, call us. Socks might be part of the answer but they're rarely the whole of it.

More than most sock warranties, and it's worth knowing the shape of it before you need it.

Covered: holes, material thinning, stretching and shrinkage, at any point in the life of the sock.

Not covered: socks lost in the laundry, left at a race, thrown away, or chewed by the dog. Feetures needs a photo, so don't bin them.

How it works: you file the claim on Feetures' own site and upload a photo, and on approval they send an RMA. You pay the shipping to send the socks back, and once they're received you get a gift card by email that's redeemable on feetures.com.

Separately, our 60-day comfort guarantee is the simpler one. Wear them, wash them, and if they're not right they come back to us.

Feetures' own instructions: turn them inside out, machine wash cold or warm on a gentle cycle with a mild soap, no bleach and no fabric softener. Tumble dry low, or hang or lay flat to dry for the best result.

The fabric softener part isn't fussiness. Softener coats the elastic, and the elastic is what holds the arch. Skip it and these last a lot longer.

One size, and either a mix or a solid. Anything named as a Mix is Feetures' own curated assortment: coordinated shades in one bag rather than three or six of the same. The white options are identical white pairs.

The photo on each option shows exactly what's in that pack, so you aren't guessing.

On price, the 3 pack works out at $18.05 a pair and the 6 pack at $17.10, against $19 bought singly. If you already know these are your sock, the 6 pack is the cheapest way we sell them. If you don't yet, buy one pair first.

Yes. Call (704) 846-0301 and you reach our fitting team, not a call center. Most of our online customers never visit and still get the same advice they'd get standing in front of us.

If you'd rather come in, we're at 924 Park Center Dr, Ste 101, Matthews, NC 28105, open Monday through Friday 10 to 6 and Saturday 10 to 4.