I would think that standing them on a dry towel would be even better than soakers since (as you pointed out) towels would allow more air circulation.

I'm not understanding why you singled out my inexpensive short-term alternative as a bad idea. I suggested that she should first dry her blades, put the rag in an outside pocket, THEN stand the now-dry blades on the towels. I also said to leave the bag open for air circulation.

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Ah now I see the sequence. I thought each line was a different suggestion.

I wasn't singling your suggestion out, just happened to see it and couldn't resist making a dig at how terribly humid it is here.

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Then you'll have to try my other suggestion:

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Hi chowskates

Yes would like to have blade guards, the one I got from the ice edge pro shop is a bit useless, as cannot really walk on them.

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Some places can be very humid. Some relatively not very dry places can be humid during certain climate. Under such situation (like Singapore, I can imagine), soaker is not sufficiently helpful.

What I do during such times is to run hot water over the blades until the blades are warmer than air then wipe it dry and put soaker on. I know that water reacts with metal especially if it it hot. But the time is so short, so it is fine. If you are worried, wipe your blades first and use your favorite hair-dryer to blow dry the blades till the blades are warmer than air and then put soaker on.

When the blades are warmer than dew point, no condensation will occur.

If the air is so humid that even dry blades in soaker will relatively quickly rust, then you will have to use oil. Or use a dehumidifier or store skates in a room with constant air conditioning, which dehumidifies the air.