OK.CIBDiving:No, I liken the difference to a sports car compared to a delivery van.
But it looks like in the Nextel Cup, UPS might just race the truck.
Gary D.
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OK.CIBDiving:No, I liken the difference to a sports car compared to a delivery van.
Give it a few dives ... I did my first 120 or so dives in a wetsuit (7 mm farmer john style). When I finally made the switch to a drysuit, it was like learning how to dive all over again. I hated it. After about 5 or 6 dives, I started changing my mind ... and after a few more, I never wanted to dive a wetsuit again.simong6:Hi all this is going to be a really stupid question, but are there many dry suit divers on here?
i did my first dry suit dive on monday night, and i really cannot make my mind up if i liked it or not!
do you have any tips for me for next time, as the next time i am in it is at a place called Capenwray in the north west of england getting my open water certs!!
Well, I gotta' give the other side, IMO.CIBDiving:You'll never like how it 'handles' in the water compared to a wet suit.
landlocked:Is your experience with a trilam or compressed neoprene suit?
Well, I'll buy the part about drag ... a wetsuit's definitely more streamlined, and it's noticeable. But the rest of it is simply a matter of muscle memory.CIBDiving:Both. I've dove a 7mm neoprene suit a few times as well.
Inman seems to think Everybody dives a trilam no crompresion at depth eh???
the folds and general bulk of the suit limits the ease with which you move through the water - drysuits simply have more drag than wet suits. Then there's that air 'bubble', bouyancy characteristics change with orientation in a drysuit, they don't in a wet suit.
Rick Inman:Overweighted divers do not "handle" buoyancy and trim as well.
YMMV.
Rick Inman:Well, I gotta' give the other side, IMO.
Obviously you've never been to Moses Lake.eyebrowCIBDiving:Yes but you live in spokane - that's the hemoriod of the NW US! there is no worse city in the states within 1200 mi ;-)