Looking for the Toughest, Best Zippered Dry Suit Available

[DeepSeaDan]

Greetings,

My diving ( save for the Tropics ), is in shallow water ( 10'-30' ), where I'm searching for sunken treasures ( gold, silver, bitcoin etc. ), thus the wear n' tear on the suit is considerable. I need an armor-plated shell with an almost indestructible zipper and two xl side pockets that'll hold heavier items. My latest suit is almost 10 years old now ( Bare Trilam ) & is holding up, though my zipper failed today and it's zipper #2 for this suit. I need a new neck seal & cuffs as well. My plan is to buy a new one and have the old one repaired for backup.

I'll pay up to 3 g's U.S.

Thoughts and opinions appreciated - TIA

DSD

 

[Whitrzac]

They all use one of 3 zippers...
Brass ykk
Brass heavy duty ykk
Plastic T-zip

 

[DeepSeaDan]

They all use one of 3 zippers...
Brass ykk
Brass heavy duty ykk
Plastic T-zip

What do you prefer?

 

[rhwestfall]

get a suit with an outer "zipper cover"....

 

[rhwestfall]

I'm searching for sunken treasures ( gold, silver, bitcoin etc. ),

Sunken bitcoin treasure?

 

[DeepSeaDan]

get a suit with an outer "zipper cover"....

My current zipper has a zippered flap over it - it failed at the termination point at the hip

 

[BoltSnap]

DUI CF200 with Kevlar on high wear areas.

 

[ChrisMBC]

Greetings,

My diving ( save for the Tropics ), is in shallow water ( 10'-30' ), where I'm searching for sunken treasures ( gold, silver, bitcoin etc. ), thus the wear n' tear on the suit is considerable. I need an armor-plated shell with an almost indestructible zipper and two xl side pockets that'll hold heavier items. My latest suit is almost 10 years old now ( Bare Trilam ) & is holding up, though my zipper failed today and it's zipper #2 for this suit. I need a new neck seal & cuffs as well. My plan is to buy a new one and have the old one repaired for backup.

I'll pay up to 3 g's U.S.

Thoughts and opinions appreciated - TIA

DSD

Zippers are a wear item, I'd be pretty happy with 10 years out of mine!

 

[DeepSeaDan]

Zippers are a wear item, I'd be pretty happy with 10 years out of mine!

No, my suit had two zippers in 10 years and yes, that's still pretty good, considering the amount of abuse I put it through!

Does anyone have an opinion on 4th element suits? Also, the DUI Premium looks nice, but pricey.

 

[rhwestfall]

I have a DUI CF200x and it is one of the most rugged suits I've seen (at least mine has been).

My next suit is likely to be this one:

Deep 6 Makara Custom Drysuit

A durable, high quality, custom cut only drysuit made in Europe. See full description for modifications

www.deep6gear.com

I've seen it and was impressed...

USIA is also one I'd be looking at...

YMMV