Shaka Doug
Contributor
If I ever make it up there I need to try this. I saw people talking about the liquid heat packs and figure they would be good. I use them here on Maui and I have a bit of advice on them. Someone mentioned that the one he usd was good for about a half hour. I get the same or less here in Hawaii. I'd recommend using a bunch of them. One just isn't big enough for a human body. I used three the other night, one in my belly area, one under each pec muscle, against my ribs. I used each one at ten minute intervals starting with the one in my belly. It was nice to have the continuous flow of warmth and took the edge off. I would think if you guys used four or five and maybe kicked off three to start and saved two for a little while into the dive, you could super heat your body early which would make it easier to maintian your heat throughout a dive. How long is your typical dive there anyway? 45 50 minutes? Longer? I've never been up there but did dive Maine and NH back in 1983 so I can appreciate the icy coldness of it and I respect it. I also hate being cold! Try the wetsuit heaters if you can. There's a link to them on my website or you can go here: Hotsuits heated wetsuits, the world's first heated wetsuit
