OK, since I have received quite a few helpful hints already, I will explain
what I am trying to do <g>

The boots which come with my new drysuit is the %$%#@ industrial heavy-duty
type that I could walk on nails with and very warm. Of course, the price you
pay for is they are very heavy, very large and very rigid. The worst thing
is they don't fit my XL Jetfins properly. My feet don't sit all the way in
the boot parts. Removal on water surface is a nightmare. Sculling inside
wrecks using your ankles is crap.

My other drysuit with the DUI socks (and Rock Boots which I don't use) need
1 finger to pop the Jackie Smith's spring and two fingers to pull the fins
off. Diving from a boat, there is no need to protect the socks. Diving from
rocky shore requires putting a pair of thin wetsuit booties over them, no
big deal. What is the big deal for "preparing" an extra pair of booties when
compare to the rest of the gear on a typical mix dive ? I think a wise man
(JG) already said that Rock Boots are ideal for u/w rock climbing <g>

Of course, I could go cheap and buy a set of XL IDI fins hoping that they
might solve my problem, but I would rather fix it once.

Since Florida isn't the ideal place to repair drysuit, I probably just order
a pair of the CF-200 soft boots Kevin mentioned and install them here.

Thanks guys,

-Phi

PS: BTW, I don't think deco is fun either, only a necessary evil-thing
unless you have George's genes <g>

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Connell [mailto:kevin@nw*.co*]
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:19 AM
To: DECO4FUN@ao*.co*; phi@sk*.be*; rebreather@nw*.co*;
cavers@ca*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Drysuit repair in Fort Lauderdale ?


I'm a little more into diving than decoing for fun but:

The DUI "sock" he is talking about is the CF-200 material with a sole on
it. Both the CF-200 and TLS come with those.  They last for years and work
a hell of a lot better than big fucking plastic boots on other suits.  The
DUI rock boots are equally stupid.


At 09:58 PM 4/16/2000 -0400, DECO4FUN@ao*.co* wrote:
>why in the world would you want to cut off a perfectly good set of boots in
>order
>to install a sock that you would have to put a boot over in order for it to
>be functional.
>  And for the record DUI rock boots are not light weight , it is just one
> more
>peice of equipment to  prepare prior to diving.


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  Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>

  NW Labor Systems, Inc
  http://www.nwls.com

  *I* moved your cheese.


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