DUI Rock Boots vs. Turbo Soles

[LiteHedded]

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Sorry Brian, you are correct, I should not have attached a time frame. Individual milage may vary. I am hard on equipment. One set of Turbo Soles lasted a year, and the other is nearly 5. They were not brand new when I purchased them though.

I love my DUI suits and am even more satisfied with the sock option.

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The reinforced ones make all the difference. The bare turbo soles will eventually leak

[TONY CHANEY]

I have the socks on both of my DUI suits (350 and the 50/50). I have no idea as to how DUI came up with the design but we often refer to them as elf socks and the very pointed toe area is a joke. It is designed like a pointed toe highheel design. Extra material that tapers way too narrow. When kitting up, if you get it wrong you will have a pain the entire dive. The Rock boots are very heavy but hold up well to wear and tear. During the last trip in Fla. I made a mistake of leaving the Rock books at Ginnie. I got a pair of Neo. booties from Cave Excusions and love them. I will not go back to the Rock boots. I was also thinking that if I get the chance to do walk in reef dives again like Okinawa, I can use the felt sole booties aposed to the rubber sole booties which are just a slip and slide boot on the reef.

I will also add that when you have the boots made into the suit, when they wear out (and they will) you have to pay the extra bucks to get them replaced.

[ZuluMich]

This is why I like putting up these questions on here. The best way to research a product in diving is to ask cave divers since every piece of gear gets put through the gauntlet.

[Scuba Al]

For those that have given up on rockboots and went with wetsuit boots. How did you guess what size to get? Short of going to your LDS with your suit. My rockboots are size 13, would a person get 13 or go larger for the wetsuit boots?

Thanks, Al

[Jack Hammer]

I thought rockboots were over sized to match the shoe size you wear. I used Chuck Taylors with the socks on my Evo2 suit and 2 sizes up fit great. I enough room for thicker cold water socks when diving the Midwest and they worked well in cave country too.

[bamafan]

I took my drysuit and undergarment socks to the dive shop. I wear a size 12 -13 street shoe and it took a size 15 scuba bootie.

[scubainchicago]

The Tec Boot SUCKS, mine started to delaminate and could see where the fin was wearing through the "kevlar" overlay in less than 150 dives. I love that they are narrower than the rock boot and will not get lost or mixed up with the wife's, but, weight your options carefully.

[mdax]

I've had my FLX with turbo soles for a couple years now with no leaks at all. I appreciate not having to remember another piece of gear or lacing boots.