Review Seaskin Nova drysuit

[stuartv]

I was afraid you would say something like this ;-) Thx

Come on! Scuba is so inexpensive! .... said no one, ever.

 

[blatter]

Southern Ocean?

Coldest water I have dived has been in Antarctic and Newfoundland.

 

[David Novo]

I hang it for a few days to let it dry thoroughly, then usually fold it up into its bag.

Do you hang it by its shoulders?

 

[stuartv]

Do you hang it by its shoulders?

Yes. I have a big, wide Underwater Kinetics HangAir hanger/dryer.

When hanging a drysuit, just make sure the zipper is either all the way open or all the way closed. For extended periods, I think closed it best. But, a few days while drying, all the way open is fine.

 

[acreichman]

In case anybody else appreciated the shipping updates as much as I did, I ordered my Nova on July 21 and was given an estimated shipping date of October 9. Today (October 5) I got the shipment notification and tracking number. 4 days early is nice but it's nowhere near the 25 days early somebody else reported here earlier (not that I can fault them for only being 4 days early). Seems like their estimates are back to being pretty accurate.

Can anybody speak to how long it took to receive theirs once it shipped? I'm in California and trying to schedule a drysuit class before my instructor's schedule fills up.

 

[lexvil]

In case anybody else appreciated the shipping updates as much as I did, I ordered my Nova on July 21 and was given an estimated shipping date of October 9. Today (October 5) I got the shipment notification and tracking number. 4 days early is nice but it's nowhere near the 25 days early somebody else reported here earlier (not that I can fault them for only being 4 days early). Seems like their estimates are back to being pretty accurate.

Can anybody speak to how long it took to receive theirs once it shipped? I'm in California and trying to schedule a drysuit class before my instructor's schedule fills up.

How did they ship yours?

 

[stuartv]

My 2 suits each took less than a week to arrive.

 

[acreichman]

How did they ship yours?

The only shipping option available was FedEx. If there were others, I missed them.

 

[lexvil]

The only shipping option available was FedEx. If there were others, I missed them.

I used to ask for regular post, hate fedex, they send any parts I order by post but I have heard some say they no longer offer options.

I’ve bought two suits from them, first came fedex, it was fast but they completely screwed up the import duty, fought with them for months and they finally dropped it, second came through some hybrid system which took a few days longer but no import fee. But I’m guessing 3 to 5 days via FedEx.

 

[AustinV]

I used to ask for regular post, hate fedex, they send any parts I order by post but I have heard some say they no longer offer options.

I’ve bought two suits from them, first came fedex, it was fast but they completely screwed up the import duty, fought with them for months and they finally dropped it, second came through some hybrid system which took a few days longer but no import fee. But I’m guessing 3 to 5 days via FedEx.

My (non-Seaskin, but from UK) suit came through USPS (not sure what carrier was used on the UK side) and I also paid zero import fee. Was a relief as I had heard a few horror stories about fighting for reductions.