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 ?
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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've used zippered dive boots in the past. Easy on / off. Sizing can b a bit hit and miss as you are not really designed for walking around in. Thicker soles usually. A trick we always used when washing the shop gear was to always leave the zippers at half way position after washing. That way you still has a boot you could use if it stuck as opposed to one with the zipper stuck fully down or fully up - useless.
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 
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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 :-)
I know you said zip but I really find the quicksilver liquid dipped are easy on and off, toasty warm and comfy as.
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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!
Or use two pairs, on alternate days, so they have time to dry out? They'll last twice as long, so it's not really like you'd be spending more money 
I LOVE my Flashbombs here in freezing Tassie. They keep most of the water out, enough so that my tootsies stay toasty.
