Surflogic Wetsuit Slide-On Entry Helper Socks

Use - Easier Wetsuit Entry
Worn On - Feet
Best For - Tight, Thick or Damp Wetsuits
Benefit - Helps Your Feet Slide Through the Wetsuit
Ideal For - Winter Surfing & Cold Car Park Changes

Top 3 Reasons We Love These
1. Makes getting your feet through a tight wetsuit considerably easier — particularly with thick winter neoprene or a suit that's still slightly damp from your last session
2. Less pulling, stretching and fighting with your wetsuit when getting changed, which is better for both you and the suit
3. Tiny enough to leave in your wetsuit bag all year — you'll probably forget they're there until you're standing in a freezing car park trying to put on a damp 5/4, and then you'll be very glad you've got them

Product Description
The Surflogic Wetsuit Slide-On Entry Helper Socks are a brilliantly simple solution to one of the more annoying parts of surfing — trying to get your feet through a tight or slightly damp wetsuit.

Simply put the Slide-On socks over your feet before getting into your wetsuit. The smooth material helps your feet slide through the neoprene much more easily, rather than catching and sticking as you try to pull the suit up your legs.

They're particularly useful with thicker winter wetsuits, where smaller ankle openings and heavier neoprene can make getting changed considerably harder. They're also brilliant if your wetsuit hasn't completely dried between sessions — anyone who's tried putting on a cold, damp winter suit will understand exactly why.

Once your feet are through the wetsuit, simply remove the Slide-On socks and carry on getting changed as normal.

As well as making life easier, they can help reduce the amount of aggressive pulling and stretching you put your wetsuit through. Rather than grabbing the neoprene and forcing your foot through, the smooth cover allows the suit to slide into position with less resistance.

They're small, lightweight and take up virtually no space, making them an easy addition to any wetsuit bag.

Features
• Designed to make putting on a wetsuit easier
• Worn over your feet during wetsuit entry
• Smooth material helps feet slide through neoprene
• Particularly useful with tight-fitting wetsuits
• Brilliant for thick winter wetsuits
• Great for slightly damp wetsuits
• Helps reduce pulling and stretching of neoprene
• Makes cold car-park changes considerably less frustrating
• Quick and simple to use
• Lightweight and compact
• Easy to keep permanently in your wetsuit bag
• Useful for surfers, swimmers and general wetsuit users

How Do They Work?
There's nothing complicated about them, which is exactly why we like them.

Put a Slide-On cover over each foot before you start getting into your wetsuit. The smooth outer surface reduces the friction between your skin and the inside of the wetsuit, allowing your feet to slide through the ankle openings much more easily.

Once your feet are through and the wetsuit is pulled into position around your ankles, take the covers off and finish putting your wetsuit on normally.

Simple, but surprisingly effective.

Perfect For Winter Wetsuits
This is where we'd get the most use from them.

A stretchy 3/2 on a warm summer day normally isn't particularly difficult to put on. A tight 5/4 winter wetsuit in a freezing car park is a completely different story.

Thicker neoprene, tighter ankle openings, cold hands and a wetsuit that might still be damp from yesterday's surf can turn getting changed into a proper battle.

The Slide-On socks remove a lot of that friction and help your feet pass through the suit without having to repeatedly yank at the neoprene.

Better For Your Wetsuit Too
One of the easiest ways to damage a wetsuit is by being too aggressive when you're getting in and out of it.

When your foot gets stuck, the natural reaction is to grab the nearest bit of neoprene and pull harder. Repeatedly stretching the same areas or digging your fingers into the material isn't going to do your wetsuit any favours.

By helping your feet slide through more easily, the Surflogic Wetsuit Slide-On Entry Helpers can reduce the amount of pulling and wrestling required when getting changed.

Expert Advice
This is one of those surf accessories that sounds slightly unnecessary until you've actually used one.

If you're only surfing in a thin summer wetsuit, you probably won't appreciate them nearly as much. But if you surf throughout a UK winter and regularly find yourself putting on a cold, slightly damp 5/4 or 6mm wetsuit, they're genuinely useful.

We particularly like them because there's basically no downside to carrying them. They're tiny, weigh virtually nothing and can just live permanently in the bottom of your wetsuit bag.

Anything that means spending less time hopping around a freezing car park with one foot stuck halfway through a wetsuit leg gets our vote.

Q & A

Q: What are Surflogic Wetsuit Slide-On Entry Helper Socks?
A: They're smooth covers that you put over your feet to help them slide more easily through the legs and ankle openings of a wetsuit.

Q: How do you use them?
A: Put them over your feet, pull your wetsuit on as normal and then remove the covers once your feet have passed through the ankle openings.

Q: Do they stay on underneath the wetsuit?
A: No. They're an entry aid rather than something designed to be worn during your session. Remove them once they've helped your feet through the wetsuit.

Q: Are they useful for winter wetsuits?
A: Very. We'd say that's where they make the biggest difference, particularly with thick 5/4mm and similar cold-water wetsuits that have tighter ankle openings.

Q: Do they help with a damp wetsuit?
A: Yes. A damp wetsuit can be much harder to pull on because the neoprene tends to stick against your skin. The smooth covers help your feet slide through more easily.

Q: Can they help protect my wetsuit?
A: They can help reduce the amount of pulling and stretching needed to get your feet through the suit, which is a much better approach than aggressively yanking at the neoprene.

Q: Are they just for surfing?
A: No. They're useful for anyone regularly getting into a close-fitting wetsuit, including surfers, open-water swimmers and other watersports users.

Q: Are they worth having if my wetsuit is easy to put on?
A: You may not need them every session, but they're so small and easy to keep in your wetsuit bag that they're particularly handy for those days when the suit is damp, cold or just refusing to cooperate.