PNW cold water diver here, Santi Enduro with drysuit socks. Cold water diving drysuit for last seven years 500+ dives. I am do a lot of shore entry diving and walking through parking lots,docks, pulling dive gear on a dock cart when fully suited up and at times climbing with full dive gear over shore wall bolder rocks and such. I also use the lace up rebranded China rock boots preferred in this video. Canvas uppers are thin and ok, laces are ok, however low tread soles as unfortunately expected as a drysuit dive boot are designed for flexibility in a fin, I also noticed that the inner foot pad deteriorates rather quickly overtime rubbing against the dry suit sock. I need a fully warm foot as the foot is an extremity. I use “Warrior Alpaca Socks”. The alpaca socks and marina wool briefs for the ultimate win! I only wish the Pentacle, DUI or whatever branding has currently picked up the Chinese rock boots had a longer lasting internal foot bed material and longer lasting sole material. I can not stand loose fitting cave diving boots or vans not enough tread. Any comments on the Scuba Pro dive boots? Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
To me there is nothing better in the world than a well fitted comfortable dry suit. Well… maybe the feeling when you get to the surface and pull the zipper and get that sweet pressure / squeeze release.
I had a bit of trouble buying drysuit boots (in Australia) recently. Ended up with (expensive) Apeks boots - I would have ordered those thinner and easier to don ones you have there.
I solved my issue with warm and cold water fins buy going the route of Decathlon hiking boots, the cheapest ones, 3mm neoprene sock for warm wet suit use, and a sealskin sock, trilam drysuit sock and the same boot for winter use. And I use xDeep EX1 hard fins in XL. I wear size 46EU, so it's a perfect fir, with a lot of space for the boots in the fins. I did however remove the tongue of the boots to make them dry easier and be easier to put on or off. They're are currently on their whole year, 100dive and still holding up.
PNW cold water diver here, Santi Enduro with drysuit socks. Cold water diving drysuit for last seven years 500+ dives.
I am do a lot of shore entry diving and walking through parking lots,docks, pulling dive gear on a dock cart when fully suited up and at times climbing with full dive gear over shore wall bolder rocks and such.
I also use the lace up rebranded China rock boots preferred in this video. Canvas uppers are thin and ok, laces are ok, however low tread soles as unfortunately expected as a drysuit dive boot are designed for flexibility in a fin, I also noticed that the inner foot pad deteriorates rather quickly overtime rubbing against the dry suit sock.
I need a fully warm foot as the foot is an extremity. I use “Warrior Alpaca Socks”. The alpaca socks and marina wool briefs for the ultimate win!
I only wish the Pentacle, DUI or whatever branding has currently picked up the Chinese rock boots had a longer lasting internal foot bed material and longer lasting sole material.
I can not stand loose fitting cave diving boots or vans not enough tread.
Any comments on the Scuba Pro dive boots?
Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter
To me there is nothing better in the world than a well fitted comfortable dry suit. Well… maybe the feeling when you get to the surface and pull the zipper and get that sweet pressure / squeeze release.
I’ve always used gators to compress the calf area dry suit material.
I had a bit of trouble buying drysuit boots (in Australia) recently. Ended up with (expensive) Apeks boots - I would have ordered those thinner and easier to don ones you have there.
Exact same size as Vas too - we probably bother have wide feet? I have to use a XXL Jet Fin which suprised me. XL just wouldn't fit the boot.
I solved my issue with warm and cold water fins buy going the route of Decathlon hiking boots, the cheapest ones, 3mm neoprene sock for warm wet suit use, and a sealskin sock, trilam drysuit sock and the same boot for winter use. And I use xDeep EX1 hard fins in XL. I wear size 46EU, so it's a perfect fir, with a lot of space for the boots in the fins. I did however remove the tongue of the boots to make them dry easier and be easier to put on or off. They're are currently on their whole year, 100dive and still holding up.
Which brand / model boots are those?
These boots are made in Italy, I believe www.divesystem.com/en/dry-suits-accessories/105-speleo-boots-for-dry-suit.html?search_query=boots&results=14