I have been buying Docker Crew socks for many years. They always fit well and held up to the daily pounding. I purchased a 6-pack of the new variety last month, and I couldn't be more disappointed. They have significantly reduced the quality of the socks. I held a pair of the old ones and the new ones together and could immediately tell that they had wiped out the old quality. I did a test on them by placing one of the old socks on my postage scale and it weighed 2.9oz. (After a year of use) Then I put the new style on the scale and it weighed 1.9oz. That's over 35% reduction in the amount of material that they are using. I also looked closely at the socks after the first time that I wore them and noticed that they were already frizzing at the ends of the toes. To add insult to injury, the price has also gone up from a year ago, so they're selling us less sock for more money.
Because of the lack of material, they put an elastic squeeze part in the middle of the sock to try to keep it on your foot. It doesn't work very well. I often wear 2 pair of sock with my work boots. Whenever I wear one of these new pair of socks, they always bunch up inside, and then they fall off my foot when I remove the outer sock. Neither of these problems ever occurred before they changed them.
Would love to find a bunch of the old kind, but they seem to not be made anymore. I'm sure some Docker VP is patting himself on the back for making cheaper socks and charging more for them, but he isn't ever going to get my money again...