Weight of undergarments for Monterey?

[koi]

I ordered a suit from Softwear due to the suggestions on this board.

I have very little body fat, and was fairly cold in Monterey with 7mm wet suit. Since I'm moving up to a dry suit, I ordered a 300g two-piece suit. I also ordered a vest, but I'm not certain what weight I should order (100g-300g).

Would another 300g be too toasty combined with the 300g suit?

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[scubasean]

I ordered a suit from Softwear due to the suggestions on this board.

I have very little body fat, and was fairly cold in Monterey with 7mm wet suit. Since I'm moving up to a dry suit, I ordered a 300g two-piece suit. I also ordered a vest, but I'm not certain what weight I should order (100g-300g).

Would another 300g be too toasty combined with the 300g suit?

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

I dive Monterey with a single-piece 300 weight garment from softwear and am quite comfortable in my trilam DUI TLS350.

 

[paulwlee]

I also have very little body fat.
With a DUI 300g and wet gloves, I get pretty cold.
Thus I started wearing a expedition weight base layer shirt which improved things somewhat. Then I started diving drygloves, which made things even better.

But I am still thinking about getting a vest to be warmer.

My advice is to get the 300g. Since it's a vest, it wont' restrict your mobility, and you won't ever be 'too warm' in 50F water unless you do something extreme.

 

[CALI68]

What's your weight and what kind of suit did you buy?

 

[koi]

Paul -

You're right, I never heard of a diver being too warm except topside.

CALI68 -
I'm 5'9" and 130#.

 

[CALI68]

Being that your a lean I would say get the warmer vest. Were you apposed to jump suits? I would have recomended the Weezle Undergarments for you.

 

[CALI68]

http://www.weezle.demon.co.uk/wds/home.html

 

[coreypenrose]

I ordered a suit from Softwear due to the suggestions on this board.

I have very little body fat, and was fairly cold in Monterey with 7mm wet suit. Since I'm moving up to a dry suit, I ordered a 300g two-piece suit. I also ordered a vest, but I'm not certain what weight I should order (100g-300g).

Would another 300g be too toasty combined with the 300g suit?

Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

I dive with this http://www.dui-online.com/newsite/dw_polar.htm in Monterey with a FLX 50/50 and have been quite warm. No worries.