J322Y
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As a skinny person who gets cold easily I'm happy to report that I wasn't even the slightest chilled after those two dives. Maybe my new Bare Reactive 5mm is that good? I hope so considering what it cost.
Feel cold if you dive lot?
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SeaHorse81
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"My thinking is to aim for being a little too warm, and let in some water if that happens. If I had to choose between being too cold or too warm I would choose too warm. "
Same here, always. I can cool off a lot easier than I can warm up.
Funny story: I was on a Bahamas trip once in October when--as usual--I was the only diver on the boat who was using a dry suit. There was the usual, thoroughly good-spirited ribbing from the wetsuit divers. The water temp was harder to handle than everyone expected, and everyone was getting cooler by the day. I have a photo of one of the DMs hovering with her arms wrapped around herself, trying to conserve heat. By mid-week, one of the other divers jokingly said, "I'll give you $2000 for your dry suit."
That was a sweet moment. Usually the one most prone to hypothermia, I was the only diver who was comfortable all week.
"Same here, always. I can cool off a lot easier than I can warm up.
Funny story: I was on a Bahamas trip once in October when--as usual--I was the only diver on the boat who was using a dry suit. There was the usual, thoroughly good-spirited ribbing from the wetsuit divers. The water temp was harder to handle than everyone expected, and everyone was getting cooler by the day. I have a photo of one of the DMs hovering with her arms wrapped around herself, trying to conserve heat. By mid-week, one of the other divers jokingly said, "I'll give you $2000 for your dry suit."
That was a sweet moment. Usually the one most prone to hypothermia, I was the only diver who was comfortable all week.
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Darnold9999
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For liveaboards in the tropics I travel with multiple wet suits - two shorties and a full 2/3. I rotate through them so I am always using a dry suit - no sitting around waiting to dive in a wet suit. Makes a huge difference.
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What thickness wetsuits were they using? I did a week of diving years ago in Panama (Jan.---76F water) in my body suit. Some days 3 dives, other days 2, with no hint of cold. But as always, everyone is different. I took ribbing from a guy who was DM on my OW course while taking the Deep Course here in May--me the only one on board diving wet in 35F water. The reverse of your story happened. Though I was pretty damn frozen, not as bad as "Greg", whose drysuit flooded badly at 120+ feet and the water was approaching chest level."My thinking is to aim for being a little too warm, and let in some water if that happens. If I had to choose between being too cold or too warm I would choose too warm.
Same here, always. I can cool off a lot easier than I can warm up.
Funny story: I was on a Bahamas trip once in October when--as usual--I was the only diver on the boat who was using a dry suit. There was the usual, thoroughly good-spirited ribbing from the wetsuit divers. The water temp was harder to handle than everyone expected, and everyone was getting cooler by the day. I have a photo of one of the DMs hovering with her arms wrapped around herself, trying to conserve heat. By mid-week, one of the other divers jokingly said, "I'll give you $2000 for your dry suit."
That was a sweet moment. Usually the one most prone to hypothermia, I was the only diver who was comfortable all week.
SeaHorse81
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As a skinny person who gets cold easily I'm happy to report that I wasn't even the slightest chilled after those two dives. Maybe my new Bare Reactive 5mm is that good? I hope so considering what it cost.
You get what you pay for. I have the Evoke (women's version) in 3 and 5 and have a 7 on order. Diving wet is so much easier than diving dry and kinder to my knees (less lead). Skinny isn't my problem. I've had the Evoke 5mm down to 48F for 10-15 minutes. I'm fine in the mid-high 50s for 45-50 minutes. I was on Lake Michigan in those temps in July and was just fine, but a few degrees colder at the quarry the past few weeks has been my limit in the 5mm. I always wear a 5mm hood, 5mm boots, and gloves (3mm since deterity is a priority).
I'd say it's real. One of the reasons I happily dive dry even in Egypt (Nov-April). Maybe the energy stress of staying warm while diving is greater than we realize, and it catches up with you when doing 2+ dives for days in a row.
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J322Y
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Just one dive today in the Reactive 5mm, 2mm hood and gloves. I was down 77 minutes in Alexander Spring. (72ºF/22ºC)
I was warm for the first hour, and then pleasantly cool after that. The end was actually the most comfortable.
I was warm for the first hour, and then pleasantly cool after that. The end was actually the most comfortable.
SeaHorse81
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