What defines a good fit

[GregOtto]

Hi,

I am looking at getting a new drysuit. My current one is too big as I have lost weight. As I want to be a more informed buyer the second time, I am trying to get a feeling for what makes a drysuit a good fit?

I have seen some people with suits which are "baggy" and others that look like the fit almost like a glove.

Any experience or insite would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[*Floater*]

Here: Dry suit fitting - DIR Explorers

 

[TSandM]

Just to add -- What a "good fit" is can depend a little bit on the material of the suit. Because trilaminate suits collapse neatly around you with squeeze, you can tolerate a bit more extra fabric with those than with the compressed (or worse, full) neoprene suits.

As the website shows, mobility is critical, and really should be generous on land, because there will be some degree of squeeze present underwater, and every bit of it reduces the range of motion.

Boots, if you have them, should be the smallest boots you can comfortably use and fit all the socks or whatever you are wearing on your feet in them. Too-big boots run the risk of kicking them off, which can result in an uncontrolled ascent (been there, did that).