Great thread. Thanks. I'm currently in the market for my first drysuit. Will *mainly* be used in Yucatan cenotes, but some colder places as well. Going with DUI. Have been weighing pros and cons of FLX Extreme trilam vs. CF200 crushed neoprene.
Trilam vs. crushed neoprene drysuit
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Trilam, while ostensibly longer-lasting, is obviously more costly and complicated to repair; and crushed neoprene can readably be mended with Aqua Seal and a pot of wetsuit cement -- and I am doing just that this weekend, no fuss no muss, while having a cup of coffee.
Having had both, I still prefer the neoprene -- warmer from the get go; cheaper; and who really cares if it takes longer to dry?
Also, I can use my neoprene drysuit with or without its undergarments -- and swimming is not like sporting a trilam garbage bag . . .
Having had both, I still prefer the neoprene -- warmer from the get go; cheaper; and who really cares if it takes longer to dry?
Also, I can use my neoprene drysuit with or without its undergarments -- and swimming is not like sporting a trilam garbage bag . . .
crushed neoprene are "tanks", but not for travel or perhaps warm waters unless you are in an abrasive environment.
the CF200 is a beast (or was back when DUI was good). I love my 200CFX...
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Having been in eenotes and now using a drysuit to dive in Puget Sound, I cannot imagine wanting a drysuit for a cenote. The Mexican divemaster I went into the cenotes with thought she would like a drysuit for those, though. It's all what you are used to. Diving in Cozumel needed nothing but a thin rash guard for me. Others in the same boats were wearing two piece neoprene with hoods and got cold. I have a trilam drysuit, mostly because that's what I learned to use and because a front zip is more common in trilam (that's what I have). I learned in a rental DUI trilam. They are tough as nails.
I dive a short sleeve Sharkskin top and a lycra body skin year round in Cozumel, and I'm comfortable with a 5mm and a hood in the cenotes, but on dives *longer than two hours* I start getting cold. Next year I plan to take GUE Cave 2, and those dives start hitting or exceeding the three hour mark. Time for a drysuit.
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