Help, O'neill 7mm dry suit leaks!

[siver295]

My dry suit seems to be only semi-dry. Does or has anyone had a problem with O'neill dry suits leaking. Any tips on keeping the water out ? The seals are neoprene. When I rotate my neck up water seems to enter at the back of suit, this with or without a hood. Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Genesis]

You have to with neoprene ones.

I've had damp arms once with my shell suit (latex seals); I figured out that what was happening is that the undie sleeves were getting close enough to the end of the seals that they were interfering with a watertight closure, thus, some seepage.

It doesn't help that I have hairy forearms... might need to shave 'em to stop the seeps (now THAT would draw comments from people in my daily life!)

 

[IndyScott]

Are you folding the neck seal in then putting on your hood?

That should help seal the water out.

Scott =-)

 

[siver295]

I'm rolling neck seal inwards and then putting my hood on. Maybe I'm adding to much air to suit. Do you keep a good squeeze on the suit at all times?
Thanks, Steve

 

[lucid]

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I still think the seal could be closed with a role of duct tape. I'll bring a role this weekend.

 

[Diver Lori]

got about 2 years worth of diving out of it with two trips to Superior Drysuit Repair.

My neck leaked too. I sent it to SDR and had him add a latex seal under the neo seal. Worked well for me. I also had him seal all the seams. He told me at the time not to put too much money into it as it was "disposable drysuit". I think I put about 200 bucks total into it over two repair trips. I stopped using it about 18 months ago as it was starting to dryrot in places where there was a lot of stress, ie the shoulders. (it may not have been dryrot, but that's what it looked like....the neoprene giving away) Every night I had to repair the suit with aquaseal and cotol before the next day's diving.

While diving that suit I was saving for the suit I really wanted and am now quite happy with....a DUI CLX450.

 

[Poseidon]

So is a little bit of leakeage normal for a drysuit?? By a little bit I mean after a 25-30 minute dive your tee-shirt and clothes are damp when you come out??

 

[boomx5]

Poseidon once bubbled...
So is a little bit of leakeage normal for a drysuit?? By a little bit I mean after a 25-30 minute dive your tee-shirt and clothes are damp when you come out??

Are you sure it's not just sweat?

 

[Poseidon]

I'm sure.. only because I feel it on my arms after a few minutes, and when I lift them I feel the water run down my side(I hope I don't sweat that bad).

 

[chrispete]

It may be that the tendons in your wrist are pushing the seal out during certain movements. The solution? Lots of twinkies...