Drysuit Boots w/Velcro

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<hmm just noticed I'm reviving an old thread anyway..>

I carry Whites and O'neill, and O'neill makes a velcro boot.  One of my instructors uses wetsuit boots over his suit and doesn't mind it, but I don't want to give up the support while walking down slippery red-clay banks and rocky shorelines.  I do notice the difference when I wear my Viking Pro1000 suit with attached "boots."   I feel every little pebble and jagged rock and my fins feel more sloppy on my feet.

After an ice dive training this spring, I was stuck at the boatlanding trying to untie my frozen laces.  The dive rig had already left with the rest of the team for lunch so I gave up, jumped in the drivers seat still in my suit and figured that my truck heater would thaw out the laces on the drive over to Culvers.  Unfortunately the drive wasn't long enough to even warm up the truck so while the rest of the dive team was enjoying warm food (and a restroom!), I was still trying to untie my frozen double bow-ed Whites Dryboots in the parking lot. 

I will be getting a pair of the Oneill boots before next winter!