Neoprene Dry Suits? What's good, What's bad?

[MarkH]

I thought YOU would've searched Value Village for something to glue on the butt...

- ChillyWaters

I did, but I've had a hard time making it stick over several dives.

 

[NWBoiler]

Jerry,

I would take a look at the Northern Diver CNX. Amazingly flexible and warm.....

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I had a couple hundred dives on my DUI TLS350 trilam suit. I now have a Diving Concepts crushed 2mm suit. I will never dive trilam again. I wear the same weight, yet never have to worry about tearing the suit every time I enter from a rocky shoreline. It is also warmer than a trilam and stretches. Plus I can move through the water almost as easily as I can in a wetsuit. Couldn't do that in the Glad bag I had before. The only negative I've found is the drying time between dives. My suit is often still wet the next time I go diving. The TLS350 was usually dry before I even got out of it.

Never say never again! My Diving Concepts began leaking and wouldn't stop. I bought a USIA suit because of the price. I've had it since February and stayed relatively dry on most dives until last Saturday. I tore a hole in the butt while sitting on a rock putting my fins on. The water was 51F but I made the dive anyway. I had to drag a few gallons of water up the hill afterward, but the repair was as easy as putting tape on the inside plastic layer and Aquaseal on the nylon outer layer. I remained dry on my dive the next day. I wish I could afford one of those combination crushed neoprene/trilam suits DUI makes, but I can't see spending as much for a drysuit as I would on a used car.