BARE or others????

[ClayJar]

I settled for the BARE Trilam ATR Light (the kid brother of the thicker HD Tech), and it's been a great suit. I also settled for layering wicking long johns under sweats under ski gear for cool water and one of those thick fleeces for colder (hey, it was $80).

The best part is getting out of the water during a frigid, windy surface interval and having the outside of the suit dry in mere moments, which you'll get with any -lam drysuit.

(Incidentally, at 6'2" 175#, the BARE ML-Tall size fit me off the rack. I didn't have to go custom, either. )

 

[Barracuda2]

I dive a Bare XCD2 and like it a lot. Last weekend I was diving in San Diego on a boat with about half the divers in drysuits. Most were DUI and mine was the only completely dry suit of the bunch.

Cowboy,

Please explain what you mean by "Most were DUI and mine was the only completely dry suit of the bunch"

Thanks

 

[MSilvia]

I'm pretty sure he meant that the other divers all had leaks.

I dive a BARE ATR-HD trilam, and I'm very happy with it. I sometime do get a trickle of water from the back of the neck, but I think that's a result of undergarment choice more than anything else. The Weezle Extreme I wear under it has a stupid puffy collar that makes it more difficult to get a good seal. I ought to make an alteration to the weezle, I think. Fortunately, it's such a good undergarment in terms of wicking and insulation that I have yet to notice the water even when it seeps in. The moisture in my suit isn't much more than you might expect from condensation or sweat.