new dry suit!!!!!

[buff]

Just went ahead and bought a new dry suit from DiveInn in Spain. It's an Aqualung Nordic Pro and I do believe I was drooling as I opened the shipping box. For all those who dive in those 7 mil. wetsuits- or have thought about it - I say DON'T!!. This dry suit went on like a dream! No more yanking and pulling, stretching and swearing and sweating my way into a thick, immobilizing wetsuit for me. This suit has an elastisized drawstring waist-very nice since I needed an Xtra large for my chest, shoulders and thighs but have a 30 inch waist. Bracers were included too- along with the low pressure hose. It is so comfortable and easy to don and doff. As a matter of fact it is back entry and yet I donn and doff it myself!!-"How" you say?? I attached a removable drawstring on the zipper tab and pull it shut or open very easily. I can't do that with my front entry BARE 3 mil. wetsuit-it sticks so tight to my shoulders that it would take a shoulder dislocation for me to get out of it by myself.
I got a great price on the suit from DiveInn along with the standard 3 day delivery they have-all the way from Spain to Minneapolis for $30.00 US!!! But that isn't the moral of this story, good reader. The moral is "Don't be afraid to try that which seems like technical scuba diving-for you shall be rewarded in the end". I'm going to my sister's house on the lake tommorow to try it in the water-"Diving, in your new dry suit" you say, "No" I reply..."Taking her dock in.... in my new dry suit"

Mike

 

[TexasMike]

I too am getting interested in Dry suits....

So be sure to post a review once you have several dives logged

 

[SubMariner]

Welcome to The Dry Side, Buff!

Now that you have "gone dry", you'll never go back to wet in temperate climes!

However, a word of caution: please take a drysuit course from an Instructor acredited in the Specialty BEFORE you start diving with it. Because a drysuit is NOT just another passive piece of equipment you just put on and dive with. You need to know how to use a drysuit safely & effectively. And the best way to do this is to take a course.

DSDO,

~SubMariner~

 

[Lost Yooper]

I'll humbly disagree with the specialty class idea unless you're really not comfortable in the water. A dry suit takes more practice than instruction. Everyone I dive with dives dry, and none of them ever had a class about it. Buying the book wouldn't hurt.

Get in the water and figure it out -- no biggie, but it will take several dives to get used to (10-30). Save your money for air fills and go diving.

If you need tips, ask away!

Mike

 

[buff]

Lost Yooper-
That is exactly what I plan on doing-no course-just experient and read on my own-Padi man don't narc on me man!. And of couuse all of my difficult questions I'll send to you Lost Yooper.
Rugged individulism.....that's what it's all about...that and no taxation without representation, and let's get the govrnment into the streets and out of the bedroom. Power lies at the end of a gun barrel. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. A car in every garage and two chickens in every pot. A muzzleloader in every home and the gumpshion to use it. You never know when King George will return to clain what is rightfuly his. Stay alert,,,,,stay alive.....and let's let that new missle defence shield do it's job!!
That's the whole plan-in a nutshell...

MIke

 

[Lost Yooper]

You got it, dude!

 

[jmsdiver]

Sounds good to me. I have been diving dry for years and never took a course. Just got a little "instruction" from some diving buds and practiced practiced practiced and read a little until I got it right.

And, see your profile, dry is the only way to go here in the upper midwest. Man, those lakes are cold, esp. Superior on those awesome wrecks

Cheers and be safe, dry, and warm =-)

 

[SpyderTek]

See now...I just can't call it diving if you dont get wet...

Its like taking a shower with a raincoat on!

ST

 

[large_diver]

jealousy abounds -- congrats, and let us know how you like the suit.