Shoehorn for Stout Scuba Sirens

[happy-diver]

On thicker suits I get the “Stitcher” to stitch in a thinner neoprene
that also fits over the bootee to the top of the foot.
Simple in, and with a plastic bag over wet feet, and pretty good out
stepping on your suit.

It helps if the stretch of the fabric is across the leg not along it

and this way the knife the fork and the spoon don't get lonely

Retention of corrosive fluids post dive is not so good

 

[Bubblesong]

On thicker suits I get the “Stitcher” to stitch in a thinner neoprene
that also fits over the bootee to the top of the foot.
Simple in, and with a plastic bag over wet feet, and pretty good out
stepping on your suit.

I always wondered about the plastic bag method/slippy-suit method; do divers keep the plastic bag on their feet the whole time they are diving? That is four plastic bags on four limbs! Do they slip it off after sliding into suit, and reuse on each limb? Then how do they get it back on to each wet limb, under the suit sleeve, to get out of suit??

 

[chillyinCanada]

You only use them to step in/get in.

Have you tried pantyhose?

 

[kelemvor]

The plastic bags slip off pretty easily.

My son has Muscular Dystrophy and uses a shoe horn to help with sneakers. We found 20" long shoehorns for $11 on amazon. Might be good if you're using a shoehorn for your wetsuit.



You can avoid bending over with these.

If you're using the shoehorn from "outside" then the length might be more of a liability than an asset, but if you use it inside the wetsuit leg it would probably be great.

I use a dive skin under my wetsuit and that made it so much easier to don my 7mm scubapro semi-dry. It eliminated the need for stuff like baby powder or assistance from a buddy when donning. In warmer water, I use the skin only to protect from jellies and other stinging stuff. Learned that lesson after seeing an instabuddy have to ascend through a large "school" of jellyfish after a dive. He had a bad day that day.The skin is what I'm wearing with red shoulders in my avatar photo on the left.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Plastic bags and lycra socks have been the go-to solutions for donning tight wetsuits, but I can appreciate that they don't do much for doffing. A shoehorn--clever!

 

[chillyinCanada]

Lycra skinsuits, good for doff and don, but a pain to put them on when wet.