Fly Girl
Contributor
I'm in the market for a new hood. I bought my 3/5mm Henderson Gold Core bib wet suit hood about a year ago, and I hate it. While I LOVE my Henderson hyperstretch wet suits (yes, plural), but the hood has never quite fit right. It is way too tight around my neck when I am on land, so much so that I want to pass out, and the hood expands so much when I'm in the water that air pools on the top and tries to raise the hood over my head. I think it is basically a fit issue for me - I have too big a neck and too small a head for my size large.
Anyway, I'm shopping around for a 5mm hood, especially since I got my dry suit. My White's Fusion Dry Suit will take a bibbed wet suit hood as the hood tucks nicely in outside of the neck, so a bibbed or unbibbed would be fine. I was reading in Dan Alert about the Flurohood (Fluro Hood - 'Don't get Left Behind'). It looks nice, visible, and well made. It is also reasonably priced with the on-line discount. So, has anyone tried this hood? If yes, what do you think?
Overall bottom line - I would like visible, but comfortable is probably the most important thing for me.
Anyway, I'm shopping around for a 5mm hood, especially since I got my dry suit. My White's Fusion Dry Suit will take a bibbed wet suit hood as the hood tucks nicely in outside of the neck, so a bibbed or unbibbed would be fine. I was reading in Dan Alert about the Flurohood (Fluro Hood - 'Don't get Left Behind'). It looks nice, visible, and well made. It is also reasonably priced with the on-line discount. So, has anyone tried this hood? If yes, what do you think?
Overall bottom line - I would like visible, but comfortable is probably the most important thing for me.