Drysuit - purchase - please help

[smoothskin]

Can someone help with the following:

Cold water dives in UK

Membrane or Neoprene Drysuit?

Pee Valve or Pee Zip - both are on offer?

Neoprene or latex neck seals............it's all soooooo confusing!

 

[dlegros]

smoothskin once bubbled...
Can someone help with the following:

Cold water dives in UK

Membrane or Neoprene Drysuit?

Pee Valve or Pee Zip - both are on offer?

Neoprene or latex neck seals............it's all soooooo confusing!

To take these in order.

1 - All UK dives are cold water (except some swimming pools )

2 - Can of worms opened, each has it's own merits.

3 - How big is your bladder?

4 - See 2!

For the record, I dive a membrane suit, rely on bladder control and have latex seals.

Get thee down to the Dive Show next weekend and play!

HTH (a little anyway)

Dom

 

[smoothskin]

Thanks for this...........

not sure if you helped much - but guess dive show would help - where is it? Are you going?

Thanks

 

[doole]

Neoprene is usually tougher, if you need that.

Pee zip? Sounds painful. You shouldn't need either for rec diving, IMO. You going to be doing some long deco stops?

I have a neoprene neck seal at the moment and I find it warmer and not so delicate as latex. HIH.

 

[brizzolatti]

I trained in membrane with latex seals and bought neoprene with neoprene seals. I prefer the one I've bought - I find it warmer and a closer fit. It's a Northern Diver Divemaster. But it's entirely personal preference. You'll find lots of posts here in favour of membrane and lots for neoprene. Bes thing is to try a few on and see how they feel. Then test them out in water.

 

[jonnythan]

Pee zips don't help underwater

My money, for cold water NY diving, is on a trilam suit.

 

[doole]

brizzolatti once said...
I trained in membrane with latex seals and bought neoprene with neoprene seals. I prefer the one I've bought - I find it warmer and a closer fit.

Do you think you would find the neoprene warmer with the same underwear? I've often wondered about that.

Although I really love my compressed neoprene suit, I don't find it a lick warmer than the trilam I had previously.

 

[dlegros]

smoothskin once bubbled...
Thanks for this...........

not sure if you helped much - but guess dive show would help - where is it? Are you going?

Thanks

My point is that it really is a very personal thing, for every diver that swears by one thing, another swears at it

The Dive show is at the NEC Birmingham this weekend (15-16th) I thought I was going on Sunday, but have had to change plans to Saturday

Dom

 

[jonnythan]

doole once bubbled...


Do you think you would find the neoprene warmer with the same underwear? I've often wondered about that.

Although I really love my compressed neoprene suit, I don't find it a lick warmer than the trilam I had previously.

Yes. The neoprene will add quite a bit of insulation. Problem is that the insulation goes away as you go deeper, along with making you wear more lead to compensate for the buoyancy change.

 

[smoothskin]

Thanks guys - I will try some at NEC Show in Birmingham.