Storing or traveling with your drysuit
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scubadobadoo
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I believe the best method is to leave the zipper open and then hang the dry suit on a nice dry suit hanger but that's not possible in my small NYC home so I fold/roll it as DUI suggests and put it in the dry suit bag. Same with travel. DUI TLS350.
Tanked Monkey
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I leave the dry zipper open, but close the overlay zipper, and roll the suit up from the boots like my DUI manual says.
Mike
Mike
cummings66
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My Viking manual says to roll it up starting with the boots and place the roll in the bag, it seems a common method.
I rinse it out, hang it dry with the zipper open then roll it up and put it in the bag it came with and store it in a my closet in the house.
Leaving the zipper closed will wear it out. Folding the suit could form a crease.
Keeping it in its bag helps protect it from UV and Ozone.
It is best to put rolled up socks in the wrist seals and a rolled tshirt in the neck seal. A chemical reaction can take place over time which will cause the latex seals to dissolve where they contact each other.
Keeping it in its bag helps protect it from UV and Ozone.
It is best to put rolled up socks in the wrist seals and a rolled tshirt in the neck seal. A chemical reaction can take place over time which will cause the latex seals to dissolve where they contact each other.
Always leave the zipper open (unless you're diving 
). The best method is to store it laying flat somewhere. I've placed mine on the bed in the spare bedroom. For traveling, roll it from the boots with the zipper to the outside.
). The best method is to store it laying flat somewhere. I've placed mine on the bed in the spare bedroom. For traveling, roll it from the boots with the zipper to the outside.
D_O_H
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It's funny that everyone else's DUI manual says to roll their suit. My (new CF200) manual says to loosely fold it. I had to go double check it this morning to make sure.
LG Diver
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D_O_H:
I'm looking at the online PDF instruction manual from DUI (page 49). It's funny... it says to fold it, but the illustration sure looks like it's rolled to me.
D_O_H
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LG Diver:
I agree, LG. Very strange.
I'm going to loosely fold my suit, but make it look like it's rolled and try no to lose any sleep over it.
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