I'm trying to find a fin similar to the Deep Six Eddy, but with a softer foot pocket. The Eddy pocket fits my foot shape perfectly (high arch), but the hard plastic is unforgiving. Suggestions are much appreciated!
Fins with softer foot pockets
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The best bet for weird feet is to find a shoe that offers support/protection you want/need and then look for fins to fit, this is where Jet fins tend to do well because they only cover about 1/2 of the foot.
Cheizz
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Tecline Lightjet fins have soft foot pockets. Same fin shape as the Dpp 6 I believe.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I had a spare pair of Eddys that I used to experiment on. First I bought a heat gun and used shoe stretchers and other items to try and remold the pockets a bit. This didn't work. So as last resort, I used a box cutter to cut out the area that rubbed - each foot different. It was surprisingly easy to cut the pocket.
I also bought a pair of Tilos Truefit Thermoflare booties (on faith) and used the heat gun to stretch out the top of foot area. Wore with thin nylon socks instead of beefy socks. I just returned from a 7 day liveaboard trip, and although I didn't do all of the offered dives, I did 3 per day for 5 days. Complete success with no foot issues. I probably didn't have to cut out as much pocket as I did, and hope that I didn't damage the integrity of the fin pockets.
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