One pro tip. If you a small framed female and you looking at getting a neck seal "ring" system try it on first and put your gear on as well. Alot of times you will find your harness straps lay ontop of the ring in an uncomfortable way. Some do not mind but others can not stand it so try it out first.
Absolutely this! A friend of mine is very petite and has rather umm, Tinkerbelle's features. Unfortunately she got a drysuit with a quick seal ring, and although the suit fits her other parts perfectly, the shoulder straps are often sliding right off her frame. Really a major inconvinience, especially when walking to the entry.
Aside of that individual feature, I do absolutely urge anyone wanting to try dry suit diving for a special occasion to do some training!!! It is absolutely worth it. Do get the hang of it beforehand. Why spend a lot of money on Blue Hole, Silfra or other wonderful destinations - and wondering where your otherwise good boyancy went? Or buncing into that precious environment so badly that you are not enjoying it? Or, even worse - pictures showing a neoprene cladded seahorse instead your usual angelic like floating self?
While working in a popular cold water destination with rental suits we had so many surprised and dissappointed divers after the trip: Some of them were really good otherwise, but the ink on their dry suit cert wasnt even dry - and you could tell. Even if their instructor was okay, they did lack the experience.
Those people had little fun. Sometimes there were even safety issues due to unfamiliar suit. Mind you - they have had the training and cert - but all the theory does change with undergarments, steel/alloy tanks and quick shifting depth profiles. All of which are easy to manage with just a couple of extra dives.
Most divers will find the first few drysuit dives a bit different to what they were used to and then they start to love it. But its a love that needs to grow - and because this thread was a couple of years old, we'd love to hear on the outcome of that blue hole dive.
