LDS stocking Waterproof drysuits?

[Peter_C]

Do a search on this board for Whites Fusion. There are plenty of excellent reviews. I have an old DUI and would happily replace it with a Fusion tech skin...in rescue red. My gal gets one before me though.

 

[Dive Right In Scuba]

Do a search on this board for Whites Fusion. There are plenty of excellent reviews. I have an old DUI and would happily replace it with a Fusion tech skin...in rescue red. My gal gets one before me though.

Red is a go for May or June

 

[micboucher]

Michelle,

I did some reading about the Fusion and it seems to be an amazing suit; almost too good to be true. What is your experience after diving the suit and how does the skin handle the Monastery crawl/similar beatings?

How does the pockets on the tech skin work out? Are they sagging and drag the loose outer skin down or do they work out underwater?

Cheers

-Dave

I haven't had the pleasure of doing the Monastery crawl with the suit yet but I'm sure it will hold up just fine. I don't have the tech skin yet either, so I couldn't tell you about the pockets.

I will say that everything you hear is true about the ease of donning the suit and how unrestrictive it is. I feel much less restricted in it then I did my wetsuit.

 

[DEW]

well, as everyone seems to love the suit I will have to check it out. I heard that Bamboo Reef is going to start selling it, so I'll pay them a visit to see for myself.

cheers

 

[Divenomad]

Michelle,

I did some reading about the Fusion and it seems to be an amazing suit; almost too good to be true. What is your experience after diving the suit and how does the skin handle the Monastery crawl/similar beatings?

How does the pockets on the tech skin work out? Are they sagging and drag the loose outer skin down or do they work out underwater?

Cheers

-Dave

I have two crawls out of Monastery with a Whites demo. I think it was the sport model, definitely not the Fusion. No dings. I know it can sound like it's the next thing to Superman's cape, but it truly is a good suit. And if you ding the exterior, just replace the outer skin. I'm a little concerned with gunk in the boots grinding against the sock, but you get that with a DUI, or any other socked drysuit. The key to the thing, it seems to me, that instead of being built like a rock, it's built like a willow, flexing away, giving before it gets damaged. They've turned flexibility into a strength. It's entirely possible that they changed the drysuit design game wholesale. Chest zip is not perfect, bulges a bit, but hey...

-Nomad