How to pack for travel?

[mayastig]

newbie here...just got my first wetsuit and i was browsing about the creases/dents on neoprene and the concerns for this on the wetsuit...so how would you go about packing a wetsuit for travel? i doubt everyone brings them on hangers

 

[Dive-aholic]

Either roll it around something else and pack it in a duffel type bag, or fold it into 1/3s. The flight is usually short enough that being folded for a few hours won't cause permanent creases/dents. Just don't leave it that way when you return home because you're too tired to unpack it for a few days.

 

[mayastig]

ill try rolling it for the trip. if i do see some creases, do they dissapear after a dive and the drying of the suit?

 

[Charlie99]

I treat wetsuits as packing material and use them to protect other, more fragile items. About the worst that can happen is that you compress the suit along a tight crease and you lose a bit of insulation value along that crease. Not a big problem.

As Dive-aholic suggests, just roll it around something, avoiding tight creases.

A really tight crease that has crushed the neoprene won't really disappear after a dive, but OTOH, as you repeatedly dive, the whole suit will gradually be crushed and lose insulation value.

 

[Buoyant1]

Do you all take your hangers along? I'm debating on this next trip since I'm not shipping, but schlepping...

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

No way. Mine's normally draped over my deck railing

Rap

 

[midwestdvr]

Do you all take your hangers along? I'm debating on this next trip since I'm not shipping, but schlepping...

All the places I've been to usually have a hanger in their locker to hang your stuff: regs, wetsuits, BCDs.

I also use my wetsuit to protect more fragile stuff when I'm packing for a trip. Provides a nice cushion.

 

[H2Andy]

keep the wetsuit rolled as briefly as possible, pack it last and unpack it first

i've packed my wetsuit (same old one; the only one i own) for four vacations
and it has no permanent creases

i don't take my hangers along (to save space). i use theirs; it's never
been an issue

 

[ProfessorAronnax]

I usually wrap it around my reg and gauges then place it in my carry on backpack

Rap

 

[DementialFaith]

O well... mine has so many dents and folds I can hardly call it a 6 mil anymore...