Drysuit decisions.....

Hammonds offer latex cuffs or latex feet & it seems the majority of users have the feet, but I wondered just how warm your tootsies stayed with neoprene socks under your regular dinghy boots with the layer of water between...& be more comfortable? I'm a size 9 so I suppose I could get more boots in 10 & go the latex feet / plastic bag/ boot route! Decisions decisions..........!! Thanks for all the input so far chaps...

By choice I'd go for ankle seals rather than the latex boots that I've got on my current suit. When I was selling gloves for a living we got given a little phial which they filled with water and explained that's how much water came from one hand (or foot) during any given hour so unless there was a high level of goretex style breathability anything that encased them would inevitably contain that much water.

Hence your clammy feet, so with extremities its essential they either breath or you use the moisture to advantage wetsuit style, so wetsuit booties would be warmer.

I've yet to come across a truly breathable death bag and the problem comes with saltwater blocking the pores of Goretex style membranes anyway so the water builds in the suit and drains to your feet, at least with ankle seals you can periodically vent it

Just my three happorth on the subject, I've seen some new systems that they are using in the kitesurf world, two piece suits built to be super crash proof, Ive not tried one yet, they're super expensive, but it's a world where development seems to have been a lot slower than mountain and snow wear so long overdue a catch up imv.

Edited by iGRF - 10 Nov 14 at 10:26am

I'm a slightly plump sweaty person (wow, I must be a catch) who finds breathability important. Trouble is, they put it where the BA covers the suit, which must then stop it working, mostly.

As for sweaty feet, I find it comes from all over and runs down, so the choice is between wet feet or it pooling round the ankle. 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other...