Review: Whites Fusion Drysuit - say goodbye to cave cut

[DiveJedi]

I dive 37-40 degree water on Lake Superior, What undergarments would you use if 50 min. in
a 7mm wetsuit is about all I can handle? I have been waiting for a reveiw with this kind of detail!
thanks fdog.

We carry a new undergarment called the MK3 - this is what I wear in BC which is generally 45- 50 degrees - I have a low tolerance for the cold -This would be more than adequate for you!

Reporting from an extremely busy DEMA 2007
Tyler

 

[somewhereinla]

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[fdog]

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All the best, James

 

[Rico867]

I saw the suit at DEMA and thought I wanted to purchase it. It was definitely a good looking drysuit I liked the streamline idea of it but I don't think it would hold up to caves. I noticed the material was starting to frey a bit just from people trying it on constantly. In my OPINION I think the material would tear.

 

[contender]

I saw the suit at DEMA and thought I wanted to purchase it. It was definitely a good looking drysuit I liked the streamline idea of it but I don't think it would hold up to caves. I noticed the material was starting to frey a bit just from people trying it on constantly. In my OPINION I think the material would tear.

This was my thought as well. Looks like a good idea but seems fragile for the cave environment.

 

[CompuDude]

This was my thought as well. Looks like a good idea but seems fragile for the cave environment.

Or the wreck environment, or the shore dive environment (at least, one involving lots of sharp rocks)...

 

[Narcd_dvr]

Great review, thanks.

 

[Gombessa]

It was definitely a good looking drysuit I liked the streamline idea of it but I don't think it would hold up to caves.

I assume they didn't have any of the forthcoming heavy-duty and patterned skins at DEMA? That's be an interesting way to use the same drysuit for a number of environments - lycra for OW/travel diving, heavy-duty neoprene-type cover for caves/wrecks.

 

[PerroneFord]

I assume they didn't have any of the forthcoming heavy-duty and patterned skins at DEMA? That's be an interesting way to use the same drysuit for a number of environments - lycra for OW/travel diving, heavy-duty neoprene-type cover for caves/wrecks.

Neoprene? So now I need to put on a wetsuit over top of my drysuit??? Well I guess that would at least allow the option of pockets...

I'm sure this seemed like a great idea in the drawing room, but with the lack of pockets, and dubious longevity of the skin (at $200 a pop) I'm not sure how well this is going to translate.

 

[Gombessa]

Neoprene? So now I need to put on a wetsuit over top of my drysuit??? Well I guess that would at least allow the option of pockets...

I didn't mean it was made of neoprene, only that a heavy-duty skin would be more thick/durable; I can see how this confused you, I should have been more careful with my wording. Rather, from their flier (http://www.whitesdiving.com/index.php?id=342&cid=593&site=4), there's an available "Hybrid Tech skin for higher abrasion resistance and added thermal protection." I have no idea what it's made of, though I doubt it would be compressible neoprene (what would be the point for a shell suit?)

Still the question does remain, is the removable-skin idea a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none situation?