MickeyP(Offline)

Hi all,

I'm contemplating changing my dry-suits boots to neoprene socks + some seac rock-boots/booties (my feet are a bit floaty in the current boots). However I have some large turtle fins (XXXL) and am a bit worried that with size 10 feet boots the fins will be a bit too big. Has anyone had a similar experience or has any recomendations?

Cheers,

Michele

Fiona(Offline)

I thought about the same thing last year as an interim to buying a new suit, I replaced the boots on the suit for socks and bought the seac boots, didn't wear them took the boots back and used some wetsuit boots I had which were really a little too small and a pig to get off when wet, but a properly fitting pair of wetsuit boots may have worked better.

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David Martin(Offline)

I changed the boots on my old Otter drysuit to neoprene socks and the seac boots. I'm a size 9 and I found my XL jets a little tighter than with the previous boots or turbosoles but perfectly wearable. I wore them for a week of shore diving in March, although after the first time of stuggling to get my feet out of the suit I switched from a near-new pair of 400g boots to a thinner older pair, which made a noticeable difference.

The neoprene sock/Seac boot is certainly an improvement over the old boot, but not as good as a turbosole.

David

iainmsmith(Offline)

David,

Where did you get the socks from and who fitted them?

Iain

Fiona(Offline)

Obviously I am not David but Seaskin changed my Otter boots for socks.

I also prefer the turbosoles now over the socks, which for me were a halfway house.

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MickeyP(Offline)

thanks for the replies. Is there somewhere (UK) which can replace boots for turbosoles as an alternative or is this only a DUI option? Also aren't turbosoles noticeably smaller then either a sock-boot combination or dry-suit boots? My main concern in switching boots is having to switch fins as well due to the big turtle foot pocket... Thanks

Fiona(Offline)

I am using the same fins with the turbosoles as I did with my otter boots, I also wear the same fins with holiday wetsuit boots, although mine are Scubapro jets which apparently have a smaller fin pocket than the turtles.

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David Martin(Offline)

I sent it back to Otter. The boots/socks cost £75 including fitting. Postage was about £18 for me to send to them and £9 for them to send back. They did forget to include the boots, but as I was at LIDS the next weekend I was able to pick a pair up without much hassle.

I didn't get charged for a pressure test, I'm not sure if that's normal or because it was included in the total work (new zip, replacement of wrist and neck seals as well as the boots).

David

David Martin(Offline)

I think you'll stuggle to get DUI turbo soles fitted to a non-DUI suit, since DUI won't fit them and won't normally supply them separately. (I even asked whether I could order a spare pair when I bought a new suit.) That said, I do know of the odd person who seems to have got hold of some or otherwise found a way.

I've used the same pair of fins scubapro XL jets with the turbosoles on my DUI suit, my old otter boots and the Otter sock/seac boot combination. The Otter sock/seac boot is definately the widest of the three I mentioned, but still (just) fits the XL jets foot pocket.

David