coolfilmaker
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I’m looking to get a Seaskin Nova and it seems like the best/easiest option would be to go to a tailor to get measurements. Can anyone recommend one, preferably in the South Bay area?
Question Recommendation for a tailor for getting drysuit measurements in LA
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How to Measure Yourself for a Drysuit/Gloves/Hood - Seaskin Drysuits
Learn more about How to Measure Yourself for a Drysuit/Gloves/Hood from Seaskin Drysuits.
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Do be careful with tailors, they have a specific way to measure things like inseam that may not match up with Seaskin's expectation in the video above. I've read about a few people who weren't happy with suit fit after getting a set of measurements from a tailor, and plenty of happy divers (pun intended) who got their measurements from their wife/husband/brother/boyfriend etc just by watching the video above and taking one measurement at a time, and filling out that PDF linked above.
If your "tailor" has the patience and you can wait a couple more days to order your suit, suggest taking the measurements twice on one day, making sure they are pretty much the same numbers, then set that aside, take another set of measurements the next day, reviewing the video again, and make sure all your measurements jive, just to make sure to avoid any accidents.
I'd trust that process more than the paying a tailor to take his or her measurements, and it worked great for me, I have a suit that fits perfect, and my wife wasn't too put out having to measure me a couple times, took no more than a half hour, most of it just pausing and unpausing the video. I found out that when measuring either body chord or elbow to elbow or one of those types of measurements were off by quite a bit day1 to day2 and caught the mistake.
If your "tailor" has the patience and you can wait a couple more days to order your suit, suggest taking the measurements twice on one day, making sure they are pretty much the same numbers, then set that aside, take another set of measurements the next day, reviewing the video again, and make sure all your measurements jive, just to make sure to avoid any accidents.
I'd trust that process more than the paying a tailor to take his or her measurements, and it worked great for me, I have a suit that fits perfect, and my wife wasn't too put out having to measure me a couple times, took no more than a half hour, most of it just pausing and unpausing the video. I found out that when measuring either body chord or elbow to elbow or one of those types of measurements were off by quite a bit day1 to day2 and caught the mistake.
Underwater Tourist
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Seaskin has a guide, just need another human:
davecampbell
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we (my wife and i) have ordered 2 seaskin novas each, using measurements we have taken of each other. The fit has been great on all 4. Just follow all the directions/watch the video, and maybe take a couple sets of measurements over a couple days, and compare the two before committing.
BabyLitigator
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Both In2Deep and Zen sell enough dry suits locally in LA that they can do Drysuit specific measurements at the shop.
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