Wetsuit heater

[chadly1]

With modern batteries and carbon heating technology why isn’t there a badass heated wetsuit?? I would feel like it would be super nice to have like a 5 mm with a heater that would smoke you out and keep you super warm down to like 50. You know around thighs and back chest and pits. Minimum weight to sink a 5mm. Not much buoyancy swing. And if you lost the heat still be fairly warm and no need for a pee valve. Yes I have a drysuit and enjoy it but I am rough and tumble and would prefer a suit I didn’t need to worry about damaging or jaming into urchin and ruining it. Anyone could point me in the direction to build my own? I have looked up some build your own and some threads in the past about them but not much lately with the newer tec?? Any thoughts??

 

[dorsal]

Great question. Assuming you are not planning to dive in a dry suit. Have you looked at a heated vest?
Venture Heated Vest

 

[chadly1]

I have a venture heated vest and it is nice in my drysuit, I have used it with my wetsuit in hopes it would be awesome. It did help a bit but not nearly enough warmth. It only produces something like 40 watts of power maybe even less. The santi is the most power at 110 but not sure if it is water proof and there is a another vest on fathoms site that is 90 watt and Charlie said it a review that he had a suit flood and it was like a hot tub with that vest but I believe it isn’t “designed”. For wet use.

 

[makalutoo]

I wonder if it could stand up to the water? The heated options are all for dry suits that I have seen. Maybe something is out there.