Just bought my first drysuit for diving. Bought an Aqualung Fusion Bullet Aircore drysuit last weekend along with a Fusion Thermal undersuit and Fusion boots (actually the shop gave me the boots). The shop did not have my size in the Fusion Thermal so they loaned me a Polaris jump suit style fleece undersuit until the Fusion Thermal they ordered for me arrives.
I have had the drysuit and undersuit draped over a chair in my living room for a week as I dreaded the idea of putting the drysuit on as it has been quite warm lately here in Belgium.
This evening I finally put the suit on to attach the boots and to make sure my backplate harness fits properly over the suit, and that I could get the bungee loops of my computer over the si tech wrist rings.
I was quite warm and sweating profusely....made sliding my head and wrists out of the silicone seals effortless, but it got me questioning the sanity of diving a drysuit.
The Fusion Thermal undersuit is at least twice as thick, if not more, than the Polaris suit I had on tonight. I can only imagine how much warmer and sweatier I would be in that undersuit while dressing out, walking from car to water's edge, and doing a buddy check. What does one do when the water is cold but the air temp is hot such as during spring diving in north western Europe? (The water in the local quarry is 12C/53F above the thermocline and 6C/42F below it)
It was 11pm when I started putting the suit on so I was able to step outside to cool off, but that won't be possile when diving during the day.
What is the secret to not dying of heat stroke when getting geared up for a drysuit dive on a hot day?
-Z
I have had the drysuit and undersuit draped over a chair in my living room for a week as I dreaded the idea of putting the drysuit on as it has been quite warm lately here in Belgium.
This evening I finally put the suit on to attach the boots and to make sure my backplate harness fits properly over the suit, and that I could get the bungee loops of my computer over the si tech wrist rings.
I was quite warm and sweating profusely....made sliding my head and wrists out of the silicone seals effortless, but it got me questioning the sanity of diving a drysuit.
The Fusion Thermal undersuit is at least twice as thick, if not more, than the Polaris suit I had on tonight. I can only imagine how much warmer and sweatier I would be in that undersuit while dressing out, walking from car to water's edge, and doing a buddy check. What does one do when the water is cold but the air temp is hot such as during spring diving in north western Europe? (The water in the local quarry is 12C/53F above the thermocline and 6C/42F below it)
It was 11pm when I started putting the suit on so I was able to step outside to cool off, but that won't be possile when diving during the day.
What is the secret to not dying of heat stroke when getting geared up for a drysuit dive on a hot day?
-Z
