These seemed like great socks for me around Wisconsin in the colder weather.  I don't like higher than the ankle socks unless I'm wearing boots, which I almost never do unless I'm snowblowing and it's deep enough to warrant them.  So I usually am wearing short socks like this with ankles that get the cold breezes as I snowblow and shovel in my tennis shoes.  Just easier that way to maneuver...

These are padded but not as thin on top as the other pairs I have from other brands, so these seem to help keep my feet warmer in the winter than the other pairs that breathe better.

But when you actually get moving around more, such as cutting grass - man, these were horrible.  I have literally 8 different sets of PowerSox socks here now that  I've been trying out, and these are the ONLY pair that won't stay up.  I couldn't get more than 15 steps behind my push mower before these were balled in the middle of my feet, uncomfortable, half my foot out of them already.  If I tied my shoes so tight that they were uncomfortable, then they stayed better (but still not very much).  But every other pair here I have that they make stayed just fine with these shoes tied at the same tightness.  So clearly these socks just don't stay put like every other pair of ankle socks I have...