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Fins/socks question

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Gab

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Hi all,

I have a question, up to now I have used my fins without socks, if the water was colder I would just brave it. I have a 3mm and a 5mm wetsuit and recently bought 3mm socks, which fit in my current fins if I put the sock inside the footpocket and then put my foot inside, it is tight but bearable.

I was wondering how you guys deal with different sock thicknesses? Do you have a fin per sock thickness or do you just have one pair of blades and a footpocket per sock thickness (this sharing the blade between them)?

I was thinking about wearing the 3mm socks and gloves with my 5mm wetsuit, since when I wear the 3mm wetsuit it isn't that cold but it is when I wear the 5mm. I am afraid 5mm gloves is too thick and makes it dificult to use my hands so I went with 3mm thinking it is better than nothing.

Thanks,
Gabriel
 
I just use 3mm socks as standard..anything thicker and i feel swamped in neoprene...
 
For socks, I agree that anything more than 3mm compromises power transfer and feel. It IS necessary in cold water however. Maybe 12* is my cutoff??

You can try a pair of 3mm socks and then a pair of "oversocks" with the ties cut off and you can even tape up the hole in the footpocket toe!

Check out my blog for some pics / ideas.
 
Thanks guys for the tips. Thanks Apneaddict, nice blog, I'll stick a link on my blog's links page when I create that page.

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In Alaska I use 7 mm socks with Imersion E-carbons (big enough to fit).
In warmer water I ue 3 mm socks with Dessault footpockets and SpecialFins blades (my favorite compination). So, I adapt to the water with 2 pairs of fins.
 
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