skinny wrist...any ideas on making good seal?

[JKSteger]

I have skinny wrists and arms. My semi-dry does not make a good seal around my wrist. The suit has both the wrist seal and an internal gasket seal of about 1 inch.
Before I look to sew in some neoprene drysuit wrist seals into the semi-dry I thought I would look here for some suggestions. I have looked into the Appollo bio-seal but they were about $75.00.

Thanks,
Jeremy

 

[TeddyDiver]

I have skinny wrists and arms. My semi-dry does not make a good seal around my wrist. The suit has both the wrist seal and an internal gasket seal of about 1 inch.
Before I look to sew in some neoprene drysuit wrist seals into the semi-dry I thought I would look here for some suggestions. I have looked into the Appollo bio-seal but they were about $75.00.

Thanks,
Jeremy

You should maybe have a bit longer seals making the seal coming partly over your hand...

 

[diver_paula]

You should get a better seal with latex drysuit seals. The seals do come in different sizes and styles so make sure you get the smaller size.

One of the styles is like a funnel where the end gets pretty darn small. More of a V-shape than a funnel. With a small wrist you just won't have to trim the seal as much as others.

My wrists are very tiny compared to the rest of me! :11: I use the latex seal that is more like hmm... how to describe this?.... looks like a juice glass sitting on top of a shot glass. Juice glass part attaches to sleeve, wrist goes thru shot glass. These also come in different sizes. I like this style because more of the latex covers my wrist thus giving more 'sealed' area.

Don't worry about the latex being less warm than a neoprene seal - your sleeve and glove will cover most if not all of the wrist seal.

Good luck.
Paula

 

[JKSteger]

Thanks for the great ideas. Now how to attach the drysuit latex seals to my neoprene wetsuit.

How would I go about doing this?

Jeremy

 

[diver_paula]

Thanks for the great ideas. Now how to attach the drysuit latex seals to my neoprene wetsuit.

How would I go about doing this?

Jeremy

Jeremy,

I don't know how to attach the seals. It should be very doable as there are neoprene drysuits. There should be existing threads explaining how &/or where it can be done. Otherwise, you may want to start a thread asking exactly that in the title.

Good luck,
Paula

 

[Canadian_Diver]

I have looked into the Appollo bio-seal but they were about $75.00.

The Bio-Seals by Apollo were going to be my suggestion, either that or latex, or have someone properly alter your suit.