Tim@DiveAdvice
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Anyone has a recommendation for the tinnest 5mm or 7mm socks? Most ones I tried don't allow me to still enter my fins...
Question Thin 7 mm socks
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Thin 7mm can be located in the freezer section next to the jumbo shrimp.
Isn't 7mm commonly known as the thickness? How can it be any thinner?
Maybe 3mm socks would fit
So are we talking socks or boots?
I have a pair of 5mm boots I wear for diving, and I sized my fins to fit these boots. I have not yet needed to get different thickness boots for different diving locations.
I also wear Lycra socks under the boots. They do not add anything to the thickness or sizing of the neoprene, so they do not influence the fit of my fins.
I have a pair of 5mm boots I wear for diving, and I sized my fins to fit these boots. I have not yet needed to get different thickness boots for different diving locations.
I also wear Lycra socks under the boots. They do not add anything to the thickness or sizing of the neoprene, so they do not influence the fit of my fins.
Just wear 1 pair of 1mm socks and then two pairs of 3mm socks on top of those...... Viola!!! 7mm!!!
Damselfish
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So all joking aside, I assume you are looking for 5mm or 7mm boots, not socks. And you are finding they have bulky soles that do not fit in your fins?
It may be be hard to find 7mm boots that don't have pretty heavy soles, might have more luck with 5mm. Try doing a search including 5mm and words like "tropical" or "low cut" or "bootie". May turn up thicker neoprene without such fat soles. Hopefully ones where your ankles do not freeze.
Sometimes though, you just need to buy the boots you need then get fins to fit them.
It may be be hard to find 7mm boots that don't have pretty heavy soles, might have more luck with 5mm. Try doing a search including 5mm and words like "tropical" or "low cut" or "bootie". May turn up thicker neoprene without such fat soles. Hopefully ones where your ankles do not freeze.
Sometimes though, you just need to buy the boots you need then get fins to fit them.
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Yeah socks all thicknesses come in varying softness and flexibility so I have to buy and feel with my fingers
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