Bio-seals or not?

[Mike Newman]

I've got a Henderson neoprene drysuit, the neck seals fine but the wrist leak. I've got hairy arms and the tendon down the center of my wrist pokes out a bit. I've heard about these things called bio-seals. Does anyone have any expierience with them? I've tried pulling my sleeves on my suit up a bit but they work back down. Any advice is helpful, thanks.

I have the wrist seals - I used to get a little leakage from the bracing of the tendons at the wrist. The bio seals are not cheap, but they work superbly - highly recommended!! No question.

BTW - my suit is a latex wrist sealed, laminate type.

 

[Tassie_Rohan]

Rohan: Any oil, including natural body oils will, to some extent, degrade a latex seal. It would take quite some time, even w/o cleaning the bio-seals, for any significant damage to occur. We have been selling the bio-seals for several years and we have had only positive comments. I will check again with Apollo Japan and see if I can get more specific information

Thanks for that MDB - as I have said in a past post its better to have a dry seal for 10 months then a leaking seal for 12. I am however curious just what degree of degradation we are looking at here. At the moment I have only a vague warning (in Japanese…) in the pamphlet that came with the seal.

Cheers,
Rohan.

 

[bell47]

I have the neoprene wrist and neck seals not latex. I also thought about having my suit converted to a dryglove system. Has anyone gone that route?

 

[Tassie_Rohan]

Hi there Bell - yep, if the water is cold enough (say below 12C) then dry gloves are great.

Latex wrist seals may fit your wrists better and stop the leaking. I have narrow wrists with promenent tendons but have no problem with latex seals.

I'd try the bioseal, and if that doesn't fix it try drygloves or switch to latex seals.

If you like the poodle look then you can always shave your wrists..

Cheers,
Rohan.

 

[dbg40]

I had to use the bioseals for an over trimmed neck seal. It worked like a charm. And the seal was more comfortable as well. For the price, I think they're great.