Fins/Boots help for UK waters

[Broseidon]

As Daf said, I got the mesh from old kindling bags, it's really tough and very fine - gluing it on works really well.

I know Dafydd always mocks my love of the kindling bag but I find them very useful

 

[Highlander]

My old socks are well ragged so I bought a cheap pair of 'croc' type sandals from Sainsbury's at £7, not yet used them, but they should stop me holing my new socks walking along the gravelly/stoney paths & offer some cushioning from the odd "small pointy stones" that poke me in the heel or ball of the foot. They will also float, so maybe a case of attaching to my float stringer or bungy them to it, not quite worked it out, but not too much of a dilemma. I like the idea of glueing the sack type mesh to the soles, be it hessian or the onion bags.

 

[Jonny250]

My old socks are well ragged so I bought a cheap pair of 'croc' type sandals from Sainsbury's at £7, not yet used them, but they should stop me holing my new socks walking along the gravelly/stoney paths & offer some cushioning from the odd "small pointy stones" that poke me in the heel or ball of the foot. QUOTE]

i use crocks too - hopeless when i dont take a float because i attach them to my belt on a bit of bungee. I cant see them when i dive, but figured they might be a little 'obvious' [bobbing around beside me] so i took a picture to see how they show up:

pretty non-camo methinks lol i think i need to use some brown polish on the face too or maybe just get into the weed more...
I quite like Bros's idea...

 

[Highlander]

My old socks are well ragged so I bought a cheap pair of 'croc' type sandals from Sainsbury's at £7, not yet used them, but they should stop me holing my new socks walking along the gravelly/stoney paths & offer some cushioning from the odd "small pointy stones" that poke me in the heel or ball of the foot. QUOTE]

pretty non-camo methinks lol i think i need to use some brown polish on the face too or maybe just get into the weed more...
I quite like Bros's idea...

I am not sure there has ever been a case that I have been without my float, except for a boat dive where it has always been about 25m away.

Anyway I think you are missing a trick there, what you need to do is draw a smiley mouth and some eyes on you crocs & the fishies will come in to investigate, why not go one better & buy some sparkly stickers/diamontes & bling them up & maybe it will look like those flashers I hear about in the more exotic areas.

 

[Magpie]

Also worth noting that if you get cold feet in 3mm socks, don't be tempted to put another set of 3mm socks over the top. I did this and found my feet got even colder, as there is a layer of water trapped between the two socks that cannot be warmed up (via body heat) so they remain cold. If this is the case you are best off just buying a set off 5mm socks.

My feet got warmer when I went from 5mm to 3mm socks. I figured it was because the 5mm was a bit too tight in the footpockets and restricted the blood supply to my toes. It's the blood that keeps extremities warm as it heats up in the centre before taking that heat to the outside as it circulates.

Thicker socks squeezed into the foot pockets stopped the circulation meaning numb toes.

 

[Scoobaru]

Fair comment. I always thaught wetsuits let a small amount of water through and traps it, then the body heat warms the water. Keeping you warm. So then I presumed this was the same with socks. Hence why two pairs of socks would be colder as the secondary layer of water would cool down the layer between your body and the first pair of socks.

 

[Magpie]

Sorry mate, certainly not saying that's wrong, just something else to think of when getting thicker socks, whether in 2 layers or 1.

 

[foxfish]

Fair comment. I always thaught wetsuits let a small amount of water through and traps it, then the body heat warms the water. Keeping you warm. So then I presumed this was the same with socks. Hence why two pairs of socks would be colder as the secondary layer of water would cool down the layer between your body and the first pair of socks.

Do you know I am not sure if this is the case anymore?
Certainly this is how some suits work but, most of my recent MTM suits dont seem to really let in any water at all - not as though that has anything to do with socks that do let in water

 

[Scoobaru]

Oh yea I totally agree with you. If its not the right size (too big or too small) you will get cold. Sorry of it came across as me having a go.

 

[Scoobaru]

Do you know I am not sure if this is the case anymore?
Certainly this is how some suits work but, most of my recent MTM suits dont seem to really let in any water at all - not as though that has anything to do with socks that do let in water

Yea didn't really think about that. I've got yazbek gloves and socks and they are pretty much waterproof.

I withdraw my previous outdated comment...... Looking back it seems I went off on a tangent. Thanks for bringing me back on track

 

[foxfish]

Not at all mate - you are certainly not completely wrong - as many suits are designed exactly that way & as I said I am not sure if these modern suits are meant to allow a little water in or not?
In my case, sometimes I get wet patches especially down my back but mostly I stay dry!

 

[Scoobaru]

Yea in my Omer camu 3d suit I still have the lube left in there after a session so I presume that is water tight

 

[Broseidon]

Off topic - I left my MTM Elios out in the sun for 3 days once, open-cell neoprene side out - it slightly damaged the open-cell surface and made it 'non-sticky' which now allows me to slide it one without lube, bonus!

 

[Padaxes]

And it means you def DON'T want to piss in one!