pelan-pelan
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Looking for advice on alternative suits.
The missus bought a Henderson Trilam suit 2 years ago. This is the 1.5/2 mm "woolly bear" lined suit. Since then it has stretched and stretched and stretched.
It provides the right amount of warmth and full suit protection for the temperatures we dive in. She is talking about cutting the bottoms of the legs off but this isn't really the cure as the knee pads are now in the wrong place. Any comments on this operation?
Perhaps she needs to sell it on to someone taller (who will have to be quite slim!) and buy something else. Any recommendations on alternative suits in this sort of weight/warmth and any advice on sizing? Part of the problem is knowing what the American sizing means as it is different from the UK. Also she often finds men's suits fit better as she puts it "I just don't have Marilyn Monroe's bum".
And if anyone knows how to get her Henderson back to the right size (boiling it?) - would like to know.
The missus bought a Henderson Trilam suit 2 years ago. This is the 1.5/2 mm "woolly bear" lined suit. Since then it has stretched and stretched and stretched.
It provides the right amount of warmth and full suit protection for the temperatures we dive in. She is talking about cutting the bottoms of the legs off but this isn't really the cure as the knee pads are now in the wrong place. Any comments on this operation?
Perhaps she needs to sell it on to someone taller (who will have to be quite slim!) and buy something else. Any recommendations on alternative suits in this sort of weight/warmth and any advice on sizing? Part of the problem is knowing what the American sizing means as it is different from the UK. Also she often finds men's suits fit better as she puts it "I just don't have Marilyn Monroe's bum".
And if anyone knows how to get her Henderson back to the right size (boiling it?) - would like to know.
