Most other sock types have to be almost ‘threaded’ onto your foot in several stages.Also, on principle, many people wash their socks daily because traditionally, this was the right thing to do. This property applies to all our bamboo products. Composition: 92% bamboo/ 8% elastane. Anti-bacterial Properties of bamboo Look at how the bacteria is eliminated. No more smelly feet – ever. No more unpleasant body odour. Bamboo has been grown for millennia in Asia without the use of pesticides. It is rarely attacked by any pests and not susceptible to diseases. The reason for this, Japanese scientists have found, is a unique anti-bacterial agent of bamboo named “bamboo kun”. This substance, combined with the tight molecular structure of bamboo fibres, are believed to give it its anti-bacterial and bacteriostatic properties – which is not diminished even after more than 50 washes! It is also quite different from chemical additives which can often cause skin irritations and other problems. Anti-bacterial Testing conducted by CTITC (China Textile Industry Testing Centre) Anti- bacteria test FZ/T 01021-92 conducted July 2003. Testing Fabric > Bacteria Introduced > 24 hrs later bacteria Count > Performance Bamboo fabric: 8.6 X 10,000(= 86,000) 0.2 X 100 (= 20) = 99.8% elimination Cotton fabric: 2 X 100,000 (= 200,000) 1.1 X 100,000,000 (= 110,000,000) = 55,000% INCREASE Similar scientific tests have been performed by various international textile testing laboratories. These can easily be accessed in numerous websites. In bamboo fabric, bacteria numbers were reduced to less than 0.2%.