Oceanic Dry Suit?

[NamTinker]

Oceanic does make the Aerdura in custom sizes - anyway, that's the way I bought one from Simply Scuba in the UK. Makes for a perfect fit!
Heavy duty? Absolutely! Hard and uncomfortable? Ask the question again after being dumped big time by a rogue wave on the rocks during a shore exit and not a mark or puncture! One gets used to it in two dives.

 

[MB104]

Ok, so I'm going to revive a 6 month old thread, but its better than starting a completely new one, right?
I just got my Oceanic Biodry M2O drysuit, after using the Oceanic Aerdura for several years. Reading the posts, people have this notion that the Aerdura is this heavy thick suit. It is thicker than most, but it only takes one or two dives to get used to it. My suit went through hell and back and never got punctured or even moderately scuffed. I dove it hard on the wrecks and always came up covered in rust. It was an awsome suit. The suit was off the rack (except for the larger boots) and it fit like a custom suit. Now I have this new Biodry M2O (Made 2 Order) which fits like a glove. It is slightly thinner than the Aerdura, but has a clear layer of some type of plastic underneath the cordura. Like the advertisement says, it does have some stretch to it. I can't wait to break it in...I start tomorrow!

 

[MB104]

Ok, time to give my report of my new Oceanic Biodry M20 drysuit.

In a word? Outstanding! It fits like a glove. I was completely comfortable and the suit performed flawlessly. I dove it six times since receiving the suit, and love it! I dove several brands of drysuits since I began diving and this is clearly the best suit I have ever used. Everyone who took the time to inspect it has been impressed, including two different shop owners. The boots slip on easily, so there is no struggling to get my feet in or out. The suspenders are sturdy and hold the suit up well in-between dives. The material is cerdura (spelling?) and is like kryponite. It is not too stiff, but not flimsy either. The seals are mid-heavy weight and are confortable. The valves are well placed and worked perfectly.

I am giving this suit 2 thumbs up!

 

[ScubaSarus]

I just bought a brand new Oceanic Flex. This is a promotional suit. It looks to have been made in 1996. The seal show no deteriation and I got it for $550 and just bought a Bare CT-200 to go with it. The first dive I used ski pants and 2 fleece shirts in 55 degree water. The squeeze was too much because my clothing wasn't compression resistant and I took on water thru the valves. We discovered the valves were loose and I was trying to dump air when none was available to the exhaust valve to dump. I was soaked.

Second dive after tightening the valve and getting dry fleece shirts was much better. No water in the valves and went to 70 ft. I did have a sensationo my knee are was taking on water but this is were most of the squeeze was. And we believe this water gathered there from the pants already being wet and the interior of the suit already being wet.

Just to make sure there were no seam leaks at home I inflated the suit inside out by reversing the inlet vlave inside out and found no leaks using soapy water and a sponge. I will try it out again tonight. I understand do to many seams of this suit there is a higher probabilty of a seam leak. We'll see.

 

[MB104]

I just bought a brand new Oceanic Flex. This is a promotional suit. It looks to have been made in 1996. The seal show no deteriation and I got it for $550 and just bought a Bare CT-200 to go with it. The first dive I used ski pants and 2 fleece shirts in 55 degree water. The squeeze was too much because my clothing wasn't compression resistant and I took on water thru the valves. We discovered the valves were loose and I was trying to dump air when none was available to the exhaust valve to dump. I was soaked.

Second dive after tightening the valve and getting dry fleece shirts was much better. No water in the valves and went to 70 ft. I did have a sensationo my knee are was taking on water but this is were most of the squeeze was. And we believe this water gathered there from the pants already being wet and the interior of the suit already being wet.

Just to make sure there were no seam leaks at home I inflated the suit inside out by reversing the inlet vlave inside out and found no leaks using soapy water and a sponge. I will try it out again tonight. I understand do to many seams of this suit there is a higher probabilty of a seam leak. We'll see.

So it sounds like the only problems were due to.....1. Loose valves and 2. poor choice of undergarments, right? Once you fixed these issues, how was the suit?

 

[ScubaSarus]

I didn't want to hijak yours so I posted a review. It an OK suit for $550. The valves were taken care of.