How to wear hood?

[Scuba Legends]

At the end... Like everything in diving there are many points of views and many different ways to do the things... Just try the different options and do whatever you feel is better for you.

Happy Bubles

Gery #ScubaLegends

 

[VR78]

I wear hood with chin strap only, no bib, as shown below.

This is awesome. Exactly what I've been looking for for Red Sea diving. Looks like this thing will give enough protection to fend off swimmer's ear without being unbearably hot. Thank you!

 

[Dan]

This is awesome. Exactly what I've been looking for for Red Sea diving. Looks like this thing will give enough protection to fend off swimmer's ear without being unbearably hot. Thank you!

You welcome. Let us know how it turns out.

I was pretty comfy wearing it & 5mm full wetsuit in a 68F (20C) water. If the water gets down to 50's F (10's C), I may just layer up my wetsuit with 2mm shorty wetsuit over the 5mm full wetsuit, which I plan to do in Galapagos in 2 weeks. That will be as cold water as I'm would like to dive in.

To keep swimmer's ear problem, I keep equalizing my ear every 1m descending to the 1st 10m depth, when the water pressure doubles from 1 bar at the surface to 2 bars at 10m depth, regardless I feel the pressure or not (cold water tends to numb my nerve pressure sensor). Just keep that ear drums at relax state at all time, not stretching the drum tissues underwater column-pressure, keep the drum tissue strong & heathy. I have no ear problem diving 40 times straight in 10 days (4 times/day) in a liveaboard trip so far (knock on woods). Also I dry up the ear holes with Q-tips by the end of each day after flushing them with freshwater in the shower. I bring plenty Q-tips for drying the ears & cleaning my camera o-ring grooves. Those germs love to hang out & nibble in moist dark places like your ear holes. So keep the moisture out of them before going to bed.

 

[sealark]

Hooded vest is the only way to go. wear it in or outside inside if the top is a little loose and outside if you have a tight fitting suit. a hooded vest adds more insulation to the suit also.a hood is fine in warmer water worn anyway you want. I am referring to with a farmer John suit. I have never seen a one piece wetsuit hold up for cold water protection like a farmer John 7mm suit.

 

[Neilwood]

I think how you wear bibbed hoods depends on your body.

Personally I can't wear a bibbed hood or hooded vest because I have a long neck which means I am constantly straining against the neoprene to prevent my neck feeling crushed towards my shoulders. The hooded vest (due to my long body and neck) causes me problems in other areas (lets just say the hood causes the suit to be tight in certain locations). Bib-less is the only thing I have found that works for me.

 

[Pinecube]

I wear the bib under the wetsuit and I've never had an issue even when turning my head. The only real 'trick' to is to make sure that you do not fold or crease any part of the hood while zipping up your wetsuit. The bib and hood must be flat, and for me this means I need a second person to help me zip up.

 

[TMHeimer]

I wear the bib under the wetsuit and I've never had an issue even when turning my head. The only real 'trick' to is to make sure that you do not fold or crease any part of the hood while zipping up your wetsuit. The bib and hood must be flat, and for me this means I need a second person to help me zip up.

That's been my experience. That's why my hood goes on first and I'm real careful putting the suit over it. I find it's at times a little bit of a chore, but I can do it myself.

 

[sealark]

That uncomfortable feeling that you get when dressing and undressing with a thick wet suit and hooded vest goes away with depth along with insulation. 1/2 the thickness at every 33 ft of depth. A 7mm suit at 66 ft is about 1 3/4 mm.

 

[stuartv]

I've only ever worn a dry suit hood. Covers the neck, but no bib. It overlaps the neck of my wetsuits a little bit and I leave it on the outside of the wetsuit.

Bare makes a hood with bib (the S-hood?) that has rubber rings on the outside of the bib, so you can wear the bib under a wetsuit and the rubber will form a seal with the inside of the suit's neck seal. Seems like a good idea, but I've never used one.

 

[oldschoolto]

I always have worn it tucked in... I think finding a hood with bib that fits right is the hard part....

Jim...