Honest thoughts on Fourth Element Argonaut 2.0???

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I have ~45 dives on my Argonaut Flex 2.0 and am quite happy with it. Replaced the Fourth Element rings with Ultima system to add dry gloves.
 
When I was working at the shop that sold 4E, 4E decided to stop making the Kevlar suits. The reason we were told was that when you use them in salt water, eventually salt water in the weave of the Kevlar will dry up and leave salt crystals deposited in the weave. Then, over time, the salt crystals having very tiny sharp edges would gradually start to cut the threads in the Kevlar weave, ruining it over time.

I don't know the real truth of that. It's just what I was told by my boss.
I believe that was the same fabric that Ursuit used as well. I recall one made the suit for the other as well.
The issue was only with that one fabric.
 

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