StSomewhere
Contributor
I know this has been asked before, but I'm looking for recent opinions.
I need a semi-dry wetsuit for quarry diving. Preferably something cheaper than buying my own Caribbean island. Yes, I'd prefer to only dive tropical, but that's not working out so well right at the moment. And, no I'm not ready to make the jump to a drysuit just yet.
Can anyone with experience with the Bare 7mm wetsuit lines help me compare them?
The 7mm Arctic seems to be very reasonably priced and looks to be a semidry (calf, wrist, neck seals). Bulky as all getout?
The 7mm Arctic SGS is more expensive apparently because of the hyperstrech-type material? Is it less warm because of the stretchy material? Easier to get in and out of? Some tradeoff between the two?
I've never heard of the 7/6mm Velocity, so that seems to be new. I couldn't find any info as to how this would be different or warmer than the Arctic, maybe less bulky? No mention of the additional wrist/calf seals, etc.
What do you think, for those that have tried some combination of these is the SGS worth the extra dough? Is there anything I'm not considering that I should be?
I need a semi-dry wetsuit for quarry diving. Preferably something cheaper than buying my own Caribbean island. Yes, I'd prefer to only dive tropical, but that's not working out so well right at the moment. And, no I'm not ready to make the jump to a drysuit just yet.
Can anyone with experience with the Bare 7mm wetsuit lines help me compare them?
The 7mm Arctic seems to be very reasonably priced and looks to be a semidry (calf, wrist, neck seals). Bulky as all getout?
The 7mm Arctic SGS is more expensive apparently because of the hyperstrech-type material? Is it less warm because of the stretchy material? Easier to get in and out of? Some tradeoff between the two?
I've never heard of the 7/6mm Velocity, so that seems to be new. I couldn't find any info as to how this would be different or warmer than the Arctic, maybe less bulky? No mention of the additional wrist/calf seals, etc.
What do you think, for those that have tried some combination of these is the SGS worth the extra dough? Is there anything I'm not considering that I should be?