Thinsulate versus Software

[doole]

I certainly agree that if the wing is 1/2 full at 10 feet something's wrong but it's not uncommon for tall people (not necessarily the slightest bit overweight) to need phenomenal amounts of weight in a drysuit.

Also, I usually find that water pressure does a better job of purging the suit anyway and never bother with any particular burping procedure before entering the water, unless I'm splashing from a height i.e. a larger boat. Just my 2c HIH chris

 

[Dry Diver]

Will. Doesn't USIA make a double layered form fitting fleece? I saw one at Divers Fair with a UWS Logo. It looked like the same one DUI has.

 

[Uncle Pug]

The UWS version will cost you twice as much as one from Softwear.

 

[VTernovski]

Most/All thinsulate garments have no stretch; therefore, they must be cut larger to allow freedom of movement.

Not true at all. I just got my Andy's ST1000 suit which feautures 3M Thinsulate Flex (100G thinsulate). I had the suit custom made, but it's so stretchy that it may fit you after all. Special order sized (such as LT) is +10%, truly custom is +20%; still, not bad!

 

[Uncle Pug]

The question that comes to mind:
Is the placebo effect of 100g Thinsulate = or > the placebo effect of Argon?

 

[jonnythan]

The UWS version will cost you twice as much as one from Softwear.

Don't you use Argon?

 

[doole]

The question that comes to mind:
Is the placebo effect of 100g Thinsulate = or > the placebo effect of Argon?

Yeah, it's actually a question, in Unc's hyperbolic sort of way.

You don't see much in the way of believable numbers rating the performance of either.

 

[VTernovski]

The question that comes to mind:
Is the placebo effect of 100g Thinsulate = or > the placebo effect of Argon?

LOL, Pug!

 

[rcohn]

Not true at all. I just got my Andy's ST1000 suit which feautures 3M Thinsulate Flex (100G thinsulate). I had the suit custom made, but it's so stretchy that it may fit you after all. Special order sized (such as LT) is +10%, truly custom is +20%; still, not bad!

Suits with stretch are quite new, they didn't exist three years ago when I was last shopping. That's why I qualified my answer with the word "most".

Ralph

 

[Snowbear]

The question that comes to mind:
Is the placebo effect of 100g Thinsulate = or > the placebo effect of Argon?

Dunno. But the placebo effect of my 400g Thinsulate Hyperstretch is at least > or = to the placebo effect of Argon