Tried a BP/Wings set up this weekend.

[Uncle Pug]

Jeff... they are basically as you describe... looks like fuzzy material folded into a tube and then stitched down the middle in several rows to make a band... with a plastic rectangle at one end and a plastic piece at the other to help thread it through the rectangle. The hook part of velcro is stitched on one side towards the end.

Will I have a friend who has a suit just like yours and he uses the fin keepers... he says they work for him... they wouldn't work for me since my insulated boots are fairly stiff.

 

[MechDiver]

WillAbbott once bubbled...
Checked on fin keepers, I think I'll try a pair, can't go wrong for $5.95 or whatever. I may try the velcro strap as well. If I can ditch the ankles and not have floaty feet, I'll be very happy, I usually only use like 1-1.5lbs ankles and my feet feel heavy and I hate it, but without I feel like my feet are floating away. Even with little air in the suit.

Will,

Part of weening off ankle weights is mental also, you have to *think* your feet down and work at it for awhile, as with anything new.
It gets easier
MD