Advantages: cheap price, good seals and zipper, heavy duty boots Disadvantages: wears quite quickly,
Typhoon nexus drysuit
I bought my Typhoon nexus drysuit 6 years ago from new, and so far have used it on around110 dives in the UK in a wide variety of conditions from fresh water lakes in winter to off shore boat dives in the summer.
It comes in at the entry level price range for a membrain suit made from nylon trilaminate it is not that hard wearing compared to the more expensive suits and it will start to wear on the high friction parts such as inside leg and knee areas but this is easily fixed with a 2 pac adhesive such as Aquabond by Beaver.
The suit is rear entry via a large zip across the shoulders and must say that it has never proved to be a problem in fact it runs more easily then my other more expensive drysuits. It has a dump valve at the wrist which is simply raised above your head to expell unwanted air. The wrist ...
Advantages: cheap and good for the summer Disadvantages: Not good for winter
The gul titanium 2 full suit wet suit is very good for the summer. Its lets in water because it has a overlock stitch but that doesn't matter for the summer. I would say even on the coldest summer days I could stay out in the sea for about 2 hours before I really start to feel the cold. This wet suit is so good because of its price at only £40 that's better then buying one for a couple hundred. I brought it a surf shop in Hayle called down the line which is a good shop. I would never wear this wet suit in the winter though it is just to thin at about 2mm. It isn't the best quality wet suit you could buy but what do you expect. I would reckon mend this wetsuit to anyone. ...
Advantages: Quality, telescoping trunk, rock boots Disadvantages: Price
INTRODUCTION
When I began diving, I was told that the greatest and most important asset of the cold-water diver was thermal protection. Any lack of this was to be forever cold, wet and miserable. It stands to reason - the UK's waters (inland and offshore) can be bitterly cold and the diving that is to be had is quite variable, with many dives only accessible after some time on a hardboat or RIB. Because of these things your thermal protection's got to be spot-on.
A LEARNING CURVE
I bought drysuits for Sar and me, as we'd started diving together with a small club. I was pointed in the direction of a cottage industry which made drysuits to measure and, not knowing any better, coughed up the 300-odd sovs for each suit. The suits were ill-fitting and uncomfortable. They were quite iffy too, with both of ours having problems ...
wreckferret 13.05.2003
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