The Alternate Stitch

Warranty team member inspecting a returned sock
Here in VT · Lifetime Guarantee ·
What Really Happens When You Warranty Your Socks?
by Darn Tough Vermont

We still get people messaging us all the time asking: ‘Is it legit?’ and ‘Can I really send my socks back after 5 years and exchange them for a new pair?’ The short answer is, yes, of course you can. 

Darn Tough employee sitting at desk, an array of socks nearby, all guaranteed for life
Lifetime Guarantee ·
The Story Behind Our Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee
by Darn Tough Vermont
If you’re familiar with Darn Tough, chances are you’ve heard about our Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee. It’s what ensures our socks are the most comfortable, durable, and best-fitting socks on the planet.
Three people in darn tough socks with different heights but the same performance fit
Fit · Lifetime Guarantee ·
Making the Best Fitting Socks
by Darn Tough Vermont

If our socks aren’t the most comfortable, durable, best fitting socks you’ve ever owned, you can return them for another pair. We hear the most questions and feedback from you about the last piece of that promise – fit. Fit is constantly on our minds, and here's what we’ve learned about how socks should fit and why.

Ultrarunner seated pulling on well-worn darn tough socks, the most durable socks
Durability · Lifetime Guarantee ·
Making the Most Durable Socks
by Darn Tough Vermont

At Darn Tough, we back every sock with our Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee: if our socks aren’t the most comfortable, durable, and best fitting socks, you can return them for another pair. Durability sits in the center of that promise. But what makes Darn Tough socks so… tough?

Two people on couch under a blanket with sock-clad feet sticking out wearing the most comfortable socks
Comfort · Lifetime Guarantee ·
Making the Most Comfortable Socks
by Darn Tough Vermont
Why does comfort matter, what is comfort, and lastly, how do we make Darn Tough socks so comfy that we’re confident in our promise that we knit the most comfortable socks and back it with a lifetime guarantee?
A darn tough employee in front of stacks of freshly knit socks
Here in VT · Lifetime Guarantee ·
A Lifetime Guarantee Starts with Quality at Every Step
by Darn Tough Vermont

Quality was a founding principle at Darn Tough, and we continue to pursue it to the highest degree at every step of the process. Being fully committed to excellence and high standards is how we can back our socks with an Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.

A rolling cart filled to the brim with packages from the post office for Darn Tough
Here in VT · Lifetime Guarantee ·
We’ve Got Mail: Weird, Wild, & Wonderful Customer Packages
by Darn Tough Vermont

It’s rare to get mail these days. Well, rare to get real mail that isn’t coupons for things you don’t want or offers to buy your home. Unless you work in the Darn Tough warranty department―then you’ll get a lot of mail. Mail like this. 

Life's Guaranteed Guarantees
Lifetime Guarantee ·
Life's Guaranteed Guarantees
by Darn Tough Vermont
It was ol’ Benny Franks who once said, “in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” It’s too bad he didn’t get to live long enough to be introduced to Darn Tough, because this humble sock company has a certainty that would blast his socks off quicker than flying a kite in a thunderstorm—their Unconditional Lifetime Guarantee.
Darn Tough employees packaging up a our socks guaranteed for life, no strings attached
Durability · How-to · Lifetime Guarantee ·
How to Guarantee a Sock for Life (Unconditionally)
by Darn Tough Vermont
We get a decent stream of mail and comments asking how can we possibly offer an Unconditionally Lifetime Guarantee on our socks. So, let’s get right into the how and why behind making socks with a lifetime warranty.
A sock with a hole that we covered under the darn tough lifetime warranty
Lifetime Guarantee ·
Starfish vs Seagull: And Other Wild Warranty Tales
by Darn Tough Vermont
“He ran down to the beach in his Darn Tough socks. He grabbed the starfish, ran out into the water and flung the starfish into the waves... in his mission to save the starfish, he lost a sock in the sea.”