scubapro Climatec undergarment?

[Mitchell Teeters]

I have a buddy that is thinking of getting one of these garments for warm weather diving. Are they any good/light enough for summer diving down to 50 degrees? He is diving a TLS350.

Thanks.

 

[ajduplessis]

Yes they are good and great for warm/colder waters, but there is a lot of other choices out there for the same price (might even be better). I have one and dived in 40ish water (80min BT) with a ski base layer without getting cold.

As mentioned, it is good but I believe there are better (price) options available (hollis, 4th element, whites). Compare prices.

 

[Mitchell Teeters]

I was thinking he could go 4th element myself. But he got to look at one of these at his LDS. You know how it goes.

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I'm liking the look of the waterproof 4pc set. I would need a XXXL top and XL bottom though.

 

[boat sju]

What is the Climatec? Polartec fleece I assume?

 

[Mitchell Teeters]

What is the Climatec? Polartec fleece I assume?

I would assume so. But the weight is the question. I was looking at the waterproof stuff it's a four piece set and priced about the same.

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[MSltr]

I posted a similar question in the SUBAPRO Forum awhile back and received this reply:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/scubapro/410756-climatec-underwear-rating.html

 

[Mitchell Teeters]

Yes I saw that. My buddy dives a TLS350 and I never did see anything about this with a tri-lam suit and temp ratings.

 

[boat sju]

They don't make it very easy to figure out fabric thickness/weights so you can compare one outfit to another do they. I can tell you this though, in my tri-lam suit (freedom 2) I wear fleece sweat pants with a Polartec 200 sweatshirt (Cabelas) and a DUI Polartec 300 vest (DUI) down to the upper 40's. If the Climatec is less than a Polartec 200 it probably won't be enough down into the lower 50's. The description in the other thread makes the Climatec sound thinner. DUI's web site has a pretty good description of the different Polartec ratings. DUI - ActionWear DiveWear

Oh yeah, I wear underarmour cold gear or similar longjohns too.