Uninventing the plastic zipper

[W W Meixner]

Sorry to be slightly OT,

Does anyone know if it's possible to zip a backzip brass zipper solo?

I've watched YT videos and all the ones donned solo are plastic. I don't mind having my buddy do it, but it's more of a self sufficient thing for me. I'd like to hear someone's experience with that, thanks.

Rob...

Bruce from Seasoft has a video regarding self donning ''his'' rear brass zipper neoprene dry-suit...his suits have raglan sleeves...so there is room to pull the sleeve down...grab the zipper loop and pull it closed...

There are also methods using a ''pull rope''and attaching one end to the zipper loop...and the other end to a car door handle...or tree trunk...

The problem with self donning rear zipper suits is that we do not have ''eyes in our back''...if the zipper gets snagged on your under-garment...or on the inner flap...your zipper is immediately ruined...and you may not know it until you are submerged and your suit starts to flood...ScubaPro has a disclaimer warning of rear zipper snag on the inner flap included with their EverDry 4 neoprene suits...

Proceed with caution...

W.M...

 

[Scuba Cobra]

Lol, or because you live in FL and the coldest water you see locally is 70F-ish...

If the water temp starts with a 7, I'm in a drysuit. Otherwise I'm shivering.

 

[kelemvor]

Lol, or because you live in FL and the coldest water you see locally is 70F-ish...

That's exactly the temp I bought my drysuit for. 70f water sucks after a while. In a drysuit it's just oh so nice.

 

[Storker]

70F? Hmmm, C = (F-32)*5/9

*checks calculator* Right. That's 6C (11F) warmer than any dive I've ever had in local waters.

 

[Scuba Cobra]

70F? Hmmm, C = (F-32)*5/9

*checks calculator* Right. That's 6C (11F) warmer than any dive I've ever had in local waters.

Cold is subjective.

 

[Storker]

Cold is subjective.

Only to a degree

 

[kelemvor]

Only to a degree

or 11.

 

[JohnnyC]

If I"m not in board shorts and a rash guard, I'm in a drysuit. It's not because I couldn't deal with a 3mm or 5mm or 7mm or whatever, I just dislike wetsuits for a number of reasons. I can do 70f/21c in board shorts and a rash guard if I'm doing a single recreational dive, a 8 hour rebreather cave dive in the same 70f/21c water definitely requires a drysuit. Same water, two extremes.

 

[The Chairman]

If the water temp starts with a 7, I'm in a drysuit. Otherwise I'm shivering.

That's exactly the temp I bought my drysuit for. 70f water sucks after a while. In a drysuit it's just oh so nice.

a 8 hour rebreather cave dive in the same 70f/21c water definitely requires a drysuit.

I haven't done eight hours... four seems to be my max. I did a 4.5 hour cave dive, but I didn't enjoy the final stop. From 90 minutes to four hours, I only do one cave dive a day.

 

[JohnnyC]

I haven't done eight hours... four seems to be my max. I did a 4.5 hour cave dive, but I didn't enjoy the final stop. From 90 minutes to four hours, I only do one cave dive a day.

My big problem with extended run times isn't necessarily the comfort factor, but the increased DCI risk during the decompression phase of a dive. The end of the day is when I want to be WARM, not for comfort, but for safety.