Thanks for the responses
Thanks for the responses fellas. I suppose I probably covered more issues in one post than meets the eye. I'm not too concerned about smell for a pair that would be dedicated runners. But I like em enough I want to have a set for running and one for casual wear as well. I just washed my Komodosports in the washmachine and wore them to work on sunday. I dont think the one run in the machine was quite enough to bring them back to perfectly scent free, and after one day at work I can smell them sitting on the floor about 6 foot away. And I can't smell any of my other footware like that, most of which have never been washed once. I guess my feet just perspire a lot, regardless if they are hot or cold. Maybe if I soaked them longer, and wore socks...
Anyhow, today I ordered some Injinji from amazon. There are so many choices! Looks like even wool ones - but those werent in stock with amazon with free shipping and I wasnt going to spend another $5 on top of an already too expensive pair of socks. I'll wait until amazon has em. In the mean time I ordered one of the coolmax ones and one of the liner ones to test out. When I get em, maybe I'll run into town and try them with VFF's at the store to see what size is best before I order another VFF.
For just running, I might try to keep running in the VFF's without socks until it gets too cold. But I've never ran without socks before... always thought the socks would help against blisters and such. I figure I'm going to end up in socks before too long anyway, due to the cold, if I try and continue running outside.
Phil - yeah I've been contemplating other minimalist shoes as well, and might even get a seperate trail/road pair. That was before I tried the VFFs though. After I ran in my Komodosports the other day I decided for now to just stick with that since I liked em. But it was only one run and less than 2 miles. I'm sure it will take many more runs to see how they really do, but after two months BF I still havent hit 2 miles per run yet. Its been sloooooow process, but at least I havent done TMTS. I'll be completely BF the next few times... having our Indian Summer this week, tomorrow suppose to be mid 60's, probably for the last time this year.