Review Seaskin Nova drysuit

[lexvil]

Fixed!

Good, you were getting kind of personal on that attack! My only guess was you were typing one handed while engaging in that self abuse thing you over indulge in with the other

 

[rob.mwpropane]

Good, you were getting kind of personal on that attack! My only guess was you were typing one handed while engaging in that self abuse thing you over indulge in with the other

Dammit.. I told you stop peeking on my webcam. It's weird when people I know watch... gotta earn $$ for dive gear somehow

 

[BoltSnap]

Dammit.. I told you stop peeking on my webcam. It's weird when people I know watch... gotta earn $$ for dive gear somehow

It is broadcasting if you don't know it. People are ROFL.

 

[lexvil]

Dammit.. I told you stop peeking on my webcam. It's weird when people I know watch... gotta earn $$ for dive gear somehow

Well you went to the trouble of the only fans page to generate therapy $, I’m only trying to help

 

[rob.mwpropane]

I want to thank each and every one of you for subscribing (2). Don't judge, gotta work with the body the good lord gave me

 

[MaxAir]

The plastic zip is fantastic. As the suit breaks in you'll be able to reach and fin better.

Add a length of paracord to your zipper to aid in doing it yourself. There's no way I could reach mine and pull on the BS T-pull that is installed on my brass zip.
Red is my dry zip, gold is my zip cover. Both have a pull added so that I can grab it with bare or gloved hands. A quick flip of my shoulder and the pull is accessible if it somehow went behind me.

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"The plastic zip is fantastic." ... and yet we see you have a brass dry zipper here :O

Yes, I do have a toggle attached to the outer cover zip, and the inner dry zip has a long enough default loop for pulling closed. My particular incident was due to not being able to reach and fully open the inner for which a "helping" assist hand came in and de-tracked the zipper car (or whatever it's called). For me to have any success pulling the inner open more, further over the backside of my shoulder would require a sizable leash to pull from under the arm pit.

This isn't my first dry suit... quite familiar with how to get in and out of these contraptions. However my shoulder flexibility is becoming more and more of an issue due to youthful sports abuse and aging/degrading joints.

Jumping into 2 oversized loaner dry suits in order to complete the dive trip at God's Pocket and in Campbell River had other issues (bagginess and subsequent trapped air pockets) but otherwise a joy to be of such ease to don & doff.

 

[Badger7]

Don't judge, gotta work with the body the good lord gave me

Its good to be humble, unlike @Boarderguy running around bragging about his massive 36 millimeters.

 

[lexvil]

Its good to be humble, unlike @Boarderguy running around bragging about his massive 36 millimeters.

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Actually he uses those as wrist seals.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

"The plastic zip is fantastic." ... and yet we see you have a brass dry zipper here :O

Yes, I do have a toggle attached to the outer cover zip, and the inner dry zip has a long enough default loop for pulling closed. My particular incident was due to not being able to reach and fully open the inner for which a "helping" assist hand came in and de-tracked the zipper car (or whatever it's called). For me to have any success pulling the inner open more, further over the backside of my shoulder would require a sizable leash to pull from under the arm pit.

This isn't my first dry suit... quite familiar with how to get in and out of these contraptions. However my shoulder flexibility is becoming more and more of an issue due to youthful sports abuse and aging/degrading joints.

Jumping into 2 oversized loaner dry suits in order to complete the dive trip at God's Pocket and in Campbell River had other issues (bagginess and subsequent trapped air pockets) but otherwise a joy to be of such ease to don & doff.

Well there's always a 1st I suppose.

@Boarderguy is on hiatus so he can't respond. I "think" his brass zipper was a mistake when he ordered, not sure.

Idk... mine was stiff and a little tight in the beginning, enough that I was worried I ordered wrong (and I got the extra room). After a bit it just worked loosened up. The repetition of taking it on and off helped. I too came from another drysuit, but let's be honest they're all a little different. Where stuff is, etc. It took me at least 10 dives to break the muscle memory of where the inflator was vs the old suit.

Its good to be humble, unlike @Boarderguy running around bragging about his massive 36 millimeters.

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Hahahahaha... he can't respond. I think he just made that up so he could post it. I heard he also drives a massively oversized truck.

 

[Litefoot]

The best advice I’ve gotten is to take your time donning the suit. I’m sure that will be easier said than done as the weather warms and I’m sweating like a pig in my under suit.