Re: [Paddlewise] Drysuit socks/booties

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:03:36 EST
In a message dated 1/27/2001 11:01:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
dkruger_at_pacifier.com writes:


> .  Latex and neoprene (if thin) will tear more readily than Goretex,
> and are more difficult to repair.  

For what it's worth, I've had my neoprene booties in my Kokatat for a few 
years, walking around parking lots and down to put-ins more often than I 
should have, and see no wear on them at all.  My only concern is that they 
are the large size, and I have to wear three pairs of heavy socks to fill 
them up and keep them from ker-flop, ker-flopping all over the place (my shoe 
size is normally 10).  And I've got very small cockpits, so they really fill 
up the foot room with all that volume.  (From a quick check, medium would 
have been a better size for me.)  But I'm still concerned about the relative 
fragility of the neoprene, and would opt for Gore-Tex, as well, if I had the 
need to change the booties.

Jack Martin

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