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I just bought a Dive-Rite 'complete inflation assembly' from someone here, and it fits my Oxycheq wing fine.

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Dunno. In my experience wetsuits (neoprene) usually loosens up in the water and with use, so I'd expect the same to be true of the tech skin, but I've only used the lycra (sport) skin with the Fusion. I'm sure tech skin users can give you the answer about the skin tightness on land vs. in water...

Is it the inner bilaminate bag that's causing the tightness, or the outer neoprene/lycra skin? Can you squat fine? Do a semi-split as far as without the suit? Or more generally, is your movement restricted, or is the suit just so tight that you are afraid the lower-portion might burst open any...

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sorry, i'm still getting the "The text that you have entered is too long (21672 characters). Please shorten it to 15000 characters long." so here part 1:

I think Perrone is working on putting these into better formats and making them more easily available, but in the meantime, here's the version of DIR I video (from 1994 or 1995 I think) that I have. It's an asx-file, which works on VLC players at least, though you may need to update your codecs...

Did you try it with other undies; ones that were less thick around the ankles? For readers not familiar with the suit, the ankles have a fairly standard cut. Here's a pic of what they look like on mine with the suit inflated (size L): However, I imagine they might be too small for...

The DIR1 video I have is a 58MB, 23 minute, low-resolution asx-file (works on my VLC). The DIR2 audio consists of two mp3-files that are 7MB and 6MB mp3, respectively, totaling about 1h30min. I'd be happy to upload them, if you know of a site that could host. They may already be available...

Works fine for me on VLC 0.8.6d running on Windows XP. I have one of the free codec packs installed; K-Lite Codec Pack 3.9.5 (Full), but I'm not sure if it affects VLC... (I guess I should update the versions)

Thanks for posting. This video was one of my first introductions to DIR, although back then the hi-res video was 300MB (I still have it, by the way). I also have a low res version of DIR1 and an audio only version of DIR2. Anyone have anything better for those two?

I bought a bunch of them on ebay (they are 12 Gallons in size), but I think I saw some at the local Fresh Grocer too where they have the normal zip-loc bags. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to buy some appropriate desiccant packets to throw in with the drysuit in case it's still partly wet...

The bag is big enough for my O'Neill 3mm compressed neoprene drysuit (size L) and undies. Here are some pics so people can get a better idea of the bag. After drying, I put my drysuit in a ziploc baggy (some divers recommend an airtight container for storage): The mesh section of the Bean...

I asked about specs for different wings and back when the Mach V Sig Series 30 came out, I was told it was about 26" long and 16.5" wide (max) when empty, and about 24.75" long and 13.5" wide (max) when fully inflated. Of course, the design may or may not, have changed slightly. I don't have the...

By the way, just to update my assessment of the Specialist, I still love the suit, but I did have to replace the wrist seals recently because the original glue job on them started to fail. Details here (may require registration). I also switched the original large exhaust valve to a small...

I think these suits have been discontinued, but they used to retail for around $1300: O'Neill Products However, I bought mine off ebay in used/new condition (it was listed as used, but came with tags still attached and looked unused). The deal was kind of sketchy though in the sense that the...

For both wet- and (semi-)dry suits, fit is super important. With a wetsuit, if it's too loose, you get more water in it and consequently it won't keep you as warm. With a drysuit, if it's too loose (with max undergarments), the excess material will be squeezed into folds underwater that make you...

As others have said, you don't need the padding, but if you want it, you can buy shoulder pads for the basic backplate harness. Backplates and wings can be less user-friendly than other types of BCDs, so that may be a source of discomfort until you learn how to set it up and adjust it easily...

Would the logo be easy to remove or paint over if one preferred less branding? How's the sizing on these? Are you supposed to choose according to your normal waist size, and assume they have enough extra to accommodate a thick wetsuit or a drysuit, or are you meant to take your waist...

I use Chuck Taylors because I can still get them to fit into my XL jets (same fins I use for wetsuit diving). If you in that situation (trying to fit into your wetsuit fins), then you want a hard sole overshoe that's inexpensive, snug so as not to let air expand in your socks, and doesn't add...