Gidds v. The Drysuit Round I
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Rick L
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Funny you should say this!
I own 3 drysuits a DUI a Viking and a Unisuit.
The viking and the dui are for sale now
Rick L
I own 3 drysuits a DUI a Viking and a Unisuit.
The viking and the dui are for sale now
Rick L
Glad to hear that the neoprene suits are the way to go. I have been using laminate suits for years kayaking, and was thinking about just getting one for diving as they have always worked well for me on the surface. Thanks for bringing it up.
Not sure I can swing the purchase his year as I have already bought WAY too much dive gear already. I guess I will have to keep cultivating my subcutaneous insulation layer instead...
Had too work this weekend...Suffering withdrawal from diving....it's rough
Not sure I can swing the purchase his year as I have already bought WAY too much dive gear already. I guess I will have to keep cultivating my subcutaneous insulation layer instead...
Had too work this weekend...Suffering withdrawal from diving....it's rough
DavidInNH
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I've been diving a DUI TLS-350 (trilam) suit this year. It's my first Drysuit and although I haven't tried the Neoprene suits, I'd just caution you about the weighting for those suits. The neoprene, with its inherent buoyancy requires you to add more weight to counteract than the trimlams do. The trilams, on the other hand, are more restrictive as they don't stretch at all and wreck divers tend to keep away from them because they are easier to rip than the other materials.
One thing I've learned is that the diving gets much more complicated for a newbie such as me. With the wetsuit, I knew exactly what I was wearing, hood, gloves, 22# lead - the only variables were which color bathing suit underneath and whether I would be cold! With the DS, the ability to change between arbitrary combinations of undergarments makes the weighting plan different. Best suggestion is to log everything you wear and the amount of weight, lowest temperature recorded and how you felt. I do this and refine my weighting and clothing selection for each range of temps. I've only logged around a dozen dives (including training ones and pool dives) with the suit and have used a combination of 4 different sets of undergarments.\
In short, even if you're not a newbie diver, you will feel like one for a while with the drysuit.
Good Luck!
One thing I've learned is that the diving gets much more complicated for a newbie such as me. With the wetsuit, I knew exactly what I was wearing, hood, gloves, 22# lead - the only variables were which color bathing suit underneath and whether I would be cold! With the DS, the ability to change between arbitrary combinations of undergarments makes the weighting plan different. Best suggestion is to log everything you wear and the amount of weight, lowest temperature recorded and how you felt. I do this and refine my weighting and clothing selection for each range of temps. I've only logged around a dozen dives (including training ones and pool dives) with the suit and have used a combination of 4 different sets of undergarments.\
In short, even if you're not a newbie diver, you will feel like one for a while with the drysuit.
Good Luck!
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Gidds
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The suit has been ordered and is being shipped priority :multi:
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OK !!!! But WHAT did you get ????
the K
the K
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Gidds
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I'm gonna keep you all in suspense 
Hint: not neoprene
Hint: not neoprene
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Gidds
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Silence!
If I don't like it you can say "I told you so" since we all know how much guys would LIKE to say that phrase but RARELY get to say it
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If I don't like it you can say "I told you so" since we all know how much guys would LIKE to say that phrase but RARELY get to say it
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cough dyejob coughGidds:Silence!
If I don't like it you can say "I told you so" since we all know how much guys would LIKE to say that phrase but RARELY get to say it
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but im sure that you will be happy with whatever you have.
of corse you have nothing to compare it too
in any case.
did you get the suit thru the sameplace your taking the class..
are they giving you a break on the class because your buying a suit?
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