![]() ![]() troops that wear them, call bunny boots by their official name of ‘ Extreme Cold Vapor Barrier Boots (Type II)’. Their cousins, black Mickey Mouse boots, have the same name except they are ‘Type I’ for less cold conditions. How original of our military! They were both originally designed by the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Center (Natick, MA) for use during the Korean War. Now no good boot should have to suffer such a name! The Snowshoe Hare is common around the Fort Greely Army Garrison in Alaska. So the soldiers there dubbed their ultra-warm clodhoppers ‘Bunny Boots’! It’s brown fur turns white in winter to blend in with the snow and it has big, fluffy ‘snowshoe-like’ back feet. There’s all kinds of confusion about those valves. Just ignore them unless you plan to take them on an airplane. That’s the only time you need to open the air valves to make sure the air pressure between the sealed rubber walls that sandwich the boot insulation and the outside air doesn’t cause the boots to rupture. If you want them to keep your feet warm - and we think you do - keep them closed. #FARSKY BATA SIZE FULL#īunny Boots Sizingīunny boots are only available in men’s full sizes and they run large. So we recommend men order a half size smaller and women two sizes smaller than their normal size. We usually have a good selection in sizes 5 to 15. Miner and Bata bunny boots size 12 and size 11 are tough to come by so sometimes they sell before we list them on our website. So be sure to call us if you need a size not shown as it might have just come in and this will be your lucky day! Military Bunny Boots Reviews Same story with hard-to-find bunny boots in extra narrow, narrow, or extra wide widths. In addition to the reviews on our site, Scott Oeth of Bull Moose Patrol has an excellent review on Bunny Boots that is worth a read. ![]()
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