Wetsuit Question

[gixxer702]

I recently picked up an xcel wetsuit and completed my OW cert with it. I noticed it had a rubber liner in the foot area and i was guessing this was to go inside the boot then the wetsuit zipped up over the outside of the boot. When i do this though i get houge pools of water in my ankle/calf areas and have to unzip the leg and boot and let it out there, is there something im doign wrong or is this just the downfall of having the liner?


Thanks in advance

Robert

 

[soltari675]

I tend to get water pooled up too when I put the wetsuit inside the boot. Instead, I now pull the entire wetsuit leg up, zip up my boots, and pull the wetsuit leg over the boot and zip it, liner and all. I still stay plenty warm, very little water flow as it should be, and no water pools up.

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Wet suit outside boot, always. You want water in the suit and boot- it's a "wet" suit. The pain is the pooling when you get out of the water, but you will always be dumping water out of your boots when you take them off, unless you own and use them long enough to wear a hole in the bottom or toe. I have some of those. When diving, wet suit over boot gives you a more streamlined lower leg and in a small way reduces drag, making swimming easier.
DivemasterDennis

 

[Blue Sparkle]

My wetsuit has a similar ankle arrangement, with a thin neoprene inner cuff, and then an outer cuff that is zippered and is an integral part of the outer leg of the suit (i.e. the leg just continues down and is zippered at the bottom).

I put the inner cuff inside my bootie and the outer cuff over the top of it. As you noted, this makes a great seal. I come out of the water with a little bit of water pooled there, but not much. Not enough to make me want to arrange the suit differently, anyway.

If you have huge, "water balloons" there when you get out, I wonder if your suit is letting too much water in?

 

[2905luvsbubbles]

If you are getting pooling, you can try "burning" a small hole in the toe/sole of your booties. Heat a nail red hot and let it burn a small hole through the sole at the toe of your booties and water will drip/leak out and you won't get a large amount of water going back in.