Nooreck
Contributor
Hey Guys...I dove with my nex gen this weekend the water under the Ice was
cold 3 c, I was wearing the c100 undergarmet with fleece pants and sweat shirt under it, and it was quite nice although the neck area kind of felt cold in the begining.. as to my feet i was wearing some fleece socks from mountain co-ap and the treck boots, after standing there for some time i could feel the cold as well but this wasn't that criticall, the worst were my hands. I used the bare dry system rings and gloves, it is kind of nice to be able to put them on without any effort and not having any leaks eather, but the size I got were MED.with build in liner, they did fit me like a glove
which led to being really cold in the water.
Once they started to shirink wrap arroud my hands I could really feel the cold.
So for my second dive I used some coffe stear sticks and used them as a equalization device under mu cuff seal, and I'll tell you what a difference, I wish they were like one way valves so I could keep the air in them up to certain time,
as soon I raised my hands the air would travel up to the gloves and create the insulation but doing the opposit would loos the insulation so it was kind of a play time...but anyway I have remplaced the gloves with build in liner for a set of removable liner. easier to dry it out if you get any moisture, plus the actual glove that you fit inside the blue rubber gloves seems to be twice as thick as the previous once, so I hope this will help in the cold. the only negative think I have to say about the second set is that the leftover material from the yellow inserts(gloves) kind of gets in the way while trying to fit the ring system together, but with patiance you can fit it without much trouble.
Othar than that the suit itself feels really good even in the extreme conditions and no leaks what so ever.
cold 3 c, I was wearing the c100 undergarmet with fleece pants and sweat shirt under it, and it was quite nice although the neck area kind of felt cold in the begining.. as to my feet i was wearing some fleece socks from mountain co-ap and the treck boots, after standing there for some time i could feel the cold as well but this wasn't that criticall, the worst were my hands. I used the bare dry system rings and gloves, it is kind of nice to be able to put them on without any effort and not having any leaks eather, but the size I got were MED.with build in liner, they did fit me like a glove
which led to being really cold in the water. Once they started to shirink wrap arroud my hands I could really feel the cold.
So for my second dive I used some coffe stear sticks and used them as a equalization device under mu cuff seal, and I'll tell you what a difference, I wish they were like one way valves so I could keep the air in them up to certain time,
as soon I raised my hands the air would travel up to the gloves and create the insulation but doing the opposit would loos the insulation so it was kind of a play time...but anyway I have remplaced the gloves with build in liner for a set of removable liner. easier to dry it out if you get any moisture, plus the actual glove that you fit inside the blue rubber gloves seems to be twice as thick as the previous once, so I hope this will help in the cold. the only negative think I have to say about the second set is that the leftover material from the yellow inserts(gloves) kind of gets in the way while trying to fit the ring system together, but with patiance you can fit it without much trouble.
Othar than that the suit itself feels really good even in the extreme conditions and no leaks what so ever.
