Favorite non bib hood for drysuit

[inquis]

How is the sizing for Waterproof? My head is 22.5 inches so I’m thinking a medium.

My head is 22.5" circumference, and I got an XL. It's perfect for me.
Edit: wow, that's off the chart. I wonder if it's changed since I got mine a couple years ago?
Edit2: DRIS still has a Waterproof sizing chart that puts L at 22" and XL at 23". LOL, you may want to buy locally and try it on first.

 

[Jcp2]

I have a Waterproof and an Apeks hood that both fit well, but I prefer the Apeks because it seals more comfortably around my face with me needing to alter it. As for the bib, you can cut it off and seal with Aquaseal, tuck it into the warm neck, or just leave it flapping about.

 

[Marie13]

Waterproof

 

[Marie13]

I have a Waterproof and an Apeks hood that both fit well, but I prefer the Apeks because it seals more comfortably around my face with me needing to alter it. As for the bib, you can cut it off and seal with Aquaseal, tuck it into the warm neck, or just leave it flapping about.

Anyone deliberately diving with the cone of shame deserves any ridicule they get.

 

[Jcp2]

With the visibility being 5-10 feet, nobody can see.

 

[drakcheslav]

But people can see you entering and exiting the water

 

[Robert H. Diver]

Waterproof

 

[davecampbell]

K01 here.... pretty happy with it.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Still looking. I tried K01 to replace the Santi that came with my suit, but the K01 in Size L gives me chipmunk cheeks and might even be slightly tight in the throat. I'm 5'8" tall and average build. It's hard to imagine an XL wouldn't be too loose, but maybe that would have been better. I went back to the Santi (Size L) which doesn't seem to be made of material discernibly less stretchy than the K01.

Maybe I'll give the Neo a try. I suspect that getting a good fit from a hood is a lot like getting a good fit from a mask--it's an individual thing.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Still looking. I tried K01 to replace the Santi that came with my suit, but the K01 in Size L gives me chipmunk cheeks and might even be slightly tight in the throat. I'm 5'8" tall and average build. It's hard to imagine an XL wouldn't be too loose, but maybe that would have been better. I went back to the Santi (Size L) which doesn't seem to be made of material discernibly less stretchy than the K01.

Maybe I'll give the Neo a try. I suspect that getting a good fit from a hood is a lot like getting a good fit from a mask--it's an individual thing.

I tried a K01 large and had the same effect, I ordered that because in every other hood I own (OS systems, Otter, Edge, and my FFM hood) large is what fit. Exchanged it for an XL and the fit was fine. The XL, to me, was bigger but not that much.