Wetsuit Hanger

[lommnb]

Quick question for the pros. I have a 7mm wetsuit and have been using several plastic hangers to hang it. Now that my diving season is almost done here and the wetsuit will be hanging for the winter months I am lookign for the "ideal" hanger.

What does everyone suggest?

Is hanging it in my basement for the winter ok too?

Thanks

 

[WetBoy101]

I cut pool noodles and shove them on a wooden hanger!!

 

[NightForce]

If your looking to buy fancy hangers here you go. Exposure suit hanger $21.99 at Leisure pro.

Boots, gloves, hood hanger $9.95

Electric hanger for $34.99

and the three hanger package for $19.95

 

[NightForce]

Another electric hanger for $44.95

 

[NightForce]

I could see the expensive electric driers cutting down on drying time and helping eliminate donning a wet and cold suit on the next days dive. Since they dry the suit quicker it may even cut down on some of the odor if you can get to an electrical source such as a hotel or a generator to plug the hanger into.

 

[NightForce]

I cut pool noodles and shove them on a wooden hanger!!

Well after you purchase these hightech hangers you can rock out with your old pool noodles like these guys did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpTX4AUrUs4

 

[WetBoy101]

Your wetsuit should be rinsed and hung inside out. I use a small fan to speed up the drying process. The side of your suit that goes against your skin dries fairly quickly if you leave it inside out, and the inside is the only side that really needs to be totally dry!!

 

[chuck34gboro]

These are all hangers for drying.

Based on the question asked, once the suit is dry, aren't you supposed to fold it up instead of let it hang? I'm assuming this is for stretching?

I'm not an expert at all but I do remember reading somewhere that wetsuits arent supposed to stay on the hanger. Maybe thats for thinner 3m or skins and not a thicker 7m.

 

[Akimbo]

...I'm not an expert at all but I do remember reading somewhere that wetsuits arent supposed to stay on the hanger. ...

That old adage applied to normal narrow hangers, not wide bodied hangers designed for wetsuits. It is all a matter of stress distribution. Spread the weight of the suit over a greater area and the weight per unit area goes down to acceptable levels. Before wetsuit specific commercial hangers became available in the early 1980s commercial divers would make them out of wood and hang much heavier suits than recreational divers use with no ill effects. All my suits have been on wide hangers since the late 1960s.

 

[AustinClarke]

I feel wooden hangers will stand upto your expectations and needs. They are also not much expensive and lasts for long time.
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