Drysuit dryer

[fstbttms]

It's drysuit time again in the San Francisco Bay Area hull cleaning biz, so since I've been making good use of my drysuit dryer, I thought I'd share pix of it here (I previously posted these in the Commercial Divers forum):

In addition to being a great dryer, I leave my drysuit hanging on it during the warm weather months when I'm not using it.

 

[tbone1004]

that's slick. Just built one of my own. What are you using for a motor and how loud is it? The better half isn't a fan of the hair dryer running for a few hours...

 

[fstbttms]

that's slick. Just built one of my own. What are you using for a motor and how loud is it? The better half isn't a fan of the hair dryer running for a few hours...

It's a 110 volt blower motor I got from Grainger. It's relatively quiet, certainly much more so than a blow dryer. It can't be heard in the house while it's running in the garage.

 

[scubamarketing]

I moved from neoprene to trilaminate pretty quickly, but I don't remember ever really needing to dry out the inside of my suit more than hanging it unzipped overnight. Is there something I missed by moving out of neoprene so quickly?

 

[fstbttms]

My new Bare neoprene suit is bone dry right now, but I do sweat a lot in it. Using the dryer keeps it smelling good. But unless this suit turns out to be amazingly better than every other drysuit I've ever owned, it will eventually leak somewhat. The dryer makes short work of even the dampest drysuit interior.