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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1494434" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>M,</p><p>With 3 mm divers' sox and thin poly liners you should not need to go up a size if your boot fits with thick wool socks.</p><p></p><p>But be sure to get boots one size w i d e r than your street shoe size B/C your feet spread out when standing all day or carrying a pack.</p><p>But with 5 mm diver's sox you will need to go up one size if you want to make a boot quite a bit warmer. Blisters <em>between</em> your toes are painful. (Don't ask...)</p><p></p><p>->US Divers is the company that makes the best divers' sox. Factory seam sealed and R. & L. shaped sox. GOOGLE the company and find dive stores online or near you.</p><p></p><p>->REI will have the liner socks. Lucky for me I have an REI store about 5 miles away. Or you can use thin dress socks that are 100% synthetic or synthetic/wool blend. Never, ever use cotton in winter. "Cotton kills" is the saying winter outdoors folks use.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p><p>P.S. you may hear of coated ripstop nylon VBL socks. They are not good compared to closed cell neoprene divers sox. They will slide down and bunch up and have no insulating value.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1494434, member: 54178"] M, With 3 mm divers' sox and thin poly liners you should not need to go up a size if your boot fits with thick wool socks. But be sure to get boots one size w i d e r than your street shoe size B/C your feet spread out when standing all day or carrying a pack. But with 5 mm diver's sox you will need to go up one size if you want to make a boot quite a bit warmer. Blisters [I]between[/I] your toes are painful. (Don't ask...) ->US Divers is the company that makes the best divers' sox. Factory seam sealed and R. & L. shaped sox. GOOGLE the company and find dive stores online or near you. ->REI will have the liner socks. Lucky for me I have an REI store about 5 miles away. Or you can use thin dress socks that are 100% synthetic or synthetic/wool blend. Never, ever use cotton in winter. "Cotton kills" is the saying winter outdoors folks use. Eric B. P.S. you may hear of coated ripstop nylon VBL socks. They are not good compared to closed cell neoprene divers sox. They will slide down and bunch up and have no insulating value. [/QUOTE]
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