I bought my suit at the dive show in London a year or so back. Tried it on, the ankle and wrist zips made it easier trying to fit in however they could have been longer zips. But they were nice sturdy metal designed to take abuse from the British diver.
7mm thick on each piece of the suit Ankle/wrists zips Knee pads Simple design Easy to use
This is a two piece suit which is cleverly designed; to begin with there is a whole body suit as one piece, the arms, body and legs. this is good because you can take off the waistcoat if you are in warmer waters (20 degrees or so).there is a central zip running up the front therefore making it easy to dress yourself with out asking your buddy to help. The waistcoat features a diagonal zip; this can some times be hard to do up especially round the base of the waist coat. But on saying that it does give you a really good fit. Finally there is the hood, it comes with the suit, and the hood has a nice skirt around it to ensure a snug water tight fit. One problem I had with the hood was when I descended; the hood trapped the air and therefore forcing the hood of. However I just cut a small hole in the hood, problem solved! The major downside with this suit is that it is 7mm thick on each part, so in some places you have 14mm. Nice? Well yes it will keep you warm in a variety of conditions however it will take up a lot of water therefore taking ages to dry. We find its good to leave it in a shower, dripping (off a coat hanger). The suit comes in black (main body) and a colour of your choice (for zips, easy recognition). The design scheme is not creative but when you think about it you have your jacket and accessories on top therefore hiding most of your suit There is a new silver lining that is designed to keep the wear warmer by heating up the water that is trapped inside the suit. It works, trust me. I had a wetsuit one year, did a dive in about 15 degrees at a lake, got on alright, rather cold though. Came back with the semi dry, almost the same conditions and I was kept warm. Also whilst waiting on the side for the next dive the semi dry kept me warmer and it was less prone to feeling the cold.
As with all semi dry suits they can be expensive and, if you are still growing then it can be a costly investment. However I have dived in the winter, bout 9 degrees water temp and about 8 degrees air temp, and the suit kept me warm. I could undress in stages, rather than have to take it all of and freeze. On saying that, if you waited and saved up about a hundred more pounds then it would be possible to buy a cheap second-hand dry suit. These are good because they will keep you dry. They are easier to put on and off.
It was worth the money that I paid for it however I grew out of it quickly.
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I have never really seen the need for this kind of suit, it does not provide enough all year round warmth in the UK you are better off with a dry suit and it takes too long to dry to take it away on holiday with you as well as being bulky and using up your weight allowance unnecessarily.
rabbiter 26.02.2006 11:23
A piece of advice, if this was entered into a GCSE exam it would be immedetly marked down for scuffiness, lack of capital letter, mispelt words. Have you considered writing reviews in Microsoft Words or similar program, correcting the mistakes then pasting the review onto ciao?
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