I am sick of struggling to get my rip curl flash bomb booties on and off in winter and they take ages to dry ( but work well) ... I want to try booties with zips or any mechanism that are easy to get on and off.. Any suggestions on booties with Zips ? Not super cold water here in Adelaide so 3 to 4 mm is enough. Not many options with zips. Perhaps because they don't work as well ?

I haven't used a surf bootie in decades.
COLD New England winters, surfing as low as -13c

I gave up the fight around 2005 and went happily to Side Zip Dive Boots.... (half the price of surf boots)

Comfortable, keep me warm and..... after a session, I unzip and step out.
Great at stumbling through rocks at low tide, and solid grip on my SUPs

These are the boots I use, but mine are only 5 mm
Yeah... water gets in... but then they are wetsuit boots

London said..
they take ages to dry

Just buy a shoe dryer, something that blows cold or just a bit warm air (no more than 40C).
Or just make one yourself with computer fans and bits of tubing :-)

colas said..

London said..
they take ages to dry

Just buy a shoe dryer, something that blows cold or just a bit warm air (no more than 40C).
Or just make one yourself with computer fans and bits of tubing :-)

... you could dry a board with that!