Scuba Dry Suits

Enrty level drysuit

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 ...
...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 and neck seals are heavy duty and mine lasted well into the second year before they needed changing approximatley ...

4saken 12.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Typhoon Nexus Drysuit

The Stealth of Atticusuk

Advantages: Warm and comfortable
Disadvantages: Not easy to get on

...able to slip into my Pinnacle Stealth semi dry suit, when I say slip what I actually mean is to squeeze, curse and contort my body into said suit as the only main criticism I have of this suit is that it is not the easiest to get into. Not that I can really complain as it did not cost me anything to buy as I was given it by a friend who had stopped diving and could not get anyone to buy it from him. First off for those non divers let me explain ...
...over so how does the Pinnacle Stealth perform. This is a 7mm one piece semi dry with a woven Merino wool material on the inside which provides excellent insulation and is very comfortable next to the skin. As I said before this is not the easiest suit to get into, neither is it that easy to get out of and you definitely need the help of your dive buddy especially when getting out of it. The reason it is so awkward is that entry is through the neck ...

atticusuk 16.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Pinnacle Stealth Semi Dry Suit

A Rolls Royce of a drysuit

Advantages: Quality, telescoping trunk, rock boots
Disadvantages: Price

...to others that were popular. DUI (as the title states) is a pedant's suit. The design has dialled out a number of irritating faults with other suits and made an interesting and, to my mind, effective remedy. I'll show you for why: THE FRONT-ZIP Most drysuits I had seen were rear entry, with the main zip running laterally across the diver's shoulders. This means the diver clambers into the suit, pus the arms into the sleeves, the seal over the head ...
...of most drysuit legs. What DUI has done is replace these with soft neoprene socks, making the drysuit more comfy on the feet and ankles. Rock-boots (or old-style canvas basketball boots) go over the top of the neoprene socks and hey presto! you have a waterproof (and comfy) pair of feet. The added advantage to the rock boot system is that ankle weights worn by some divers tend to slip less with these. Also, air migration, which can force off a welly ...

wreckferret 13.05.2003 · Read full review
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Review of DUI CLX-450

Open the Gates on cold water diving

Advantages: Never had any problems with produce at all
Disadvantages: Requires undersuit for insulation

...liked the look of the Gates drysuits. Since getting my Gates drysuit, I have been very pleased with it. It is a membrane type suit, and as such definately requires an undersuit to be worn with it. This isn't a problem, as there is a plethora of undersuits from loads of manufactures, and finding one the suits is not a problem. I didn't have to trim the neck or wrist seals on the suit prior to use, but I think I've jsut been lucky, as most people ...
...the neckseal prior to use. The inflator valve is a swivel, and there is the choice of cuff or auto dump. I opted for an auto dump which comes mounted on the shoulder. Some people have told me that cuff dumps are easier to use initially, as you just have to raise your arm to dump air, and not roll your shoulder to dump air, but after a while the shoulder dump becomes second nature, and you find yourself raising the shoulder to dump air, without thinking ...

dalg 26.07.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Gates Pro-TDX 350

Keeping Dry

Advantages: Good waterprrof suit
Disadvantages: None

...was a "last years stock" Musto Yachting drysuit. As you can guess, as it was last years stock - the new ones were coming in soon, and the price had been dropped in expectation of recieving new stock. It turned out to be a good buy. I've had it for over 3 years, and having looked after it well, it is still waterproof. A good buy overall. ...

sbenbow 28.09.2000 · Read full review

Review of Musto Yachting drysuit