drysuits

[Marquette]

I am looking for a good drysuit that fits a women's figure well, but yet maintain the warmth and has good mobility. I'm stuck between DUI product and Poseidon's Women's vesta suit. Any comments would be appreciated.

 

[perlun]

The Posidon Vesta is a non compressed neoprene suit which prohibits mobility. A lot! The suit maked it very difficult to move arms and legs freely since the thick material is very stiff. I did 100 dives with mine before selling it. When moving over to using a thin shell suit (in my case a polarsafety 905) comfort was greatly increased. I would never recommend a non compressed neoprene suit to anyone. DUI makes great suits and my recommendation would be a tailored DUI-suit of any choice. My next suit will probably be a DUI-TLS350.

/CC

 

[bubbleslan]

Not sure about the Poseidon, but I have a DUI CLx450 and love it. I got the signature series so it was made based on my measurements and fits great.

 

[Marquette]

Thanks perlun for your comments, it helps a great deal. I was looking at the TLS350 as well, but I wanted to look at all other options before spending the $.

 

[Scooby Scuba]

DUI are a great make and they do a very warm 400gram under suit as well..

Love the boots to..

 

[frankzeg]

My wife dives a custom DUI and loves it. So do I. I cannot overemphasize the great benefits of a custom suit. Many of the problems you will read about in these forums regarding dryuits are simply the result of too much excess volume in the suit. My wife struggled with the rental suits that had this problem. If the suit is cut to your dimensions there will be a greatly reduced tendency for air to migrate to the legs and shoulder areas and create a nuisance. And you can skip those silly leg gaiters that are a kludge fix for an ill-cut piece of gear. Do yourself a favor and spring for the custom DUI- the extra bucks are worth every penny in terms of ease of use. They will also position the valves in the right spot for THAT suit- instead of some theoretical average location. That alone seems to make managing the suit a lot easier. There is nothing worse that having to contend with an expensive piece of gear that is not doing the job. As it is I find diving with my drysuit to be often easier than a wetsuit- super precise, no-hands buoyancy control. Warm above water. And no skanky booties!
Another nice thing about the laminate or CF shells is that they pack very tightly- sometimes an important consideration for travel.

 

[Paul Evans]

Throw another make into the equation (These may or may not be avalible in the US

http://www.othree.co.uk/index2.html

Highly regarded in the UK :cheeky:

 

[Scubamedicjoe]

another good dry suit is diving concepts and they will customize it for only $100 more than stock suit cant say that about DUI all though both are superb suits .two of the best !!!

 

[peter_dorset]

Throw another make into the equation (These may or may not be avalible in the US

http://www.othree.co.uk/index2.html

Highly regarded in the UK :cheeky:

oThree also do free minor customization of stock suits as well.

About to buy two dry suits this weekend from them. We already have oThree Semi Dry and 1m suits for warm water and they are amazing.

You may want to consider adding a D-Ring to the right arm so you can attach your computer to it.

Always had excellent customer service from oThree.

Peter

 

[aquaoren]

I am looking for a good drysuit that fits a women's figure well, but yet maintain the warmth and has good mobility. I'm stuck between DUI product and Poseidon's Women's vesta suit. Any comments would be appreciated.

I am now using a Poseidon Unisuit Exclusive. It's the thick non compressed Neoprene suit. It is heavy, bulky but to a certain degree stretchy so I can still reach spots with my dry suit that diver with an inappropriate sized shell suit wouldn't be able to.
Another good thing about thick neoprene dry suits is that they keep you warm with little or no undergarment at all.
Down sides are that are heavy and bulky and take ages to dry. As well as loss of insulation when going deeper.
FWIW, I'm ordering a new dry suit in the near future and it will be a custom Diving Concepts Ultraflex Pro.
What I've learned to realize though is that a dry suit is the least important part in being comfortable when diving dry. The underwear are much more important. It means that you'll be better off with an excellent fitting undergarment with a poorly fitting suit rather than with a custom suit and undergarment that aren't fitting well.
Just my 0.02 cents