Drying integrated boots on drysuit?

[seansrs36]

I have a USIA drysuit with integrated boots. When I rinse the suit or even have a leak and it goes down into the boot part, what is the best way to dry these? It is a pain to pull them so they are reversed. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Bubbletrubble]

I thought that it was impossible to fully "reverse" (turn inside-out) attached drysuit boots. If any water gets in 'em, you have 2 options: invert the suit and/or circulate some air into the boots.

Are you turning the entire boot inside-out? I'm speaking out of ignorance here since my drysuit has attached neoprene soft booties that I regular invert after a dive.

 

[seansrs36]

Mine are the hard booties..You have the neoprene socks and you put on a boot I assuming. On my dry suit they are attached.

 

[Bubbletrubble]

OK. Thanks for the clarification. What threw me off was your statement about it being a "pain to pull them so they are reversed." I think what most people with attached boots do is simply hang the suit by the feet.

 

[Tailspin]

Boot dryer with wader attachments will work. I also dry out my Rock Boots and wet suit gloves and booties with one of these.

Cabela's Boot and Wader Dryers by Peet®

 

[sambolino44]

I have a High Tide 6.5mm neoprene drysuit with attached hard boots. When I need to dry the inside, I turn the legs inside-out about halfway up. In other words, I pull the insides of the legs up so that the boots are up to about the butt on the other side. This got harder to do when I installed pockets on the suit, but it's still not too hard. I have a PEET'S boot dryer with one set of extensions, which is just about the right length to get up inside the boots. I had to rig a special strap from the ceiling to hang the suit above the dryer, but this system works great. In fact, I need to go do that now, thanks for reminding me.

 

[SDAnderson]

Drysuit Dryer

 

[RJP]

Drysuit Dryer

I've built a similar rig, but used a "brushless" DC motor so as to avoid high levels of ozone generated by some fans, especially AC versions. Available at Radio Shack and other electronics parts type stores.