Discovering a New Sport Wet versus Dry

[ggoodman]

for those of us with less insulation a springs dive over 40mn and im done in a wetsuit.
Thanks god for my drysuit.

[aw]

I'm with you guys. I got probably close to 200 dives in my DUI drysuit. I've dove the drysuit in Summer heat and cold Winter. Now, it leaks so often, I may as well get a wetsuit. For the price you pay to have the seals replaces every freaking year, you practically pay the price of a new wetsuit each time (OK, so I'm stretching it a little). My DUI is probably ready to be retired. I'm NOT putting down another $1,400 for a suit.

So, I've decided I'm going back to wetsuits. They are cheaper and more durable.

[Serota]

Wetsuit for me as well. I use a two-piece 7mm suit and am never even slightly cool in our spring water for up to a couple of hours. The only minor issue I sometimes have is that it is so bouyant that at shallow depths, especially when tanks are getting lower, is that I have to work a little to stay negative. There are a couple of shallow caves that I bring out a single piece 5mm wetsuit to avoid the floaty issue.

[OFG-1]

Wet Suits?? You guys are nuts. You really just like the feel of your own warm pee don't you?

[jeandiver]

ER , no comment for me on this thread (ROFL)

Jean

P.S. Hey , the good Lord gave us an internal wet-suit heater , why not use it? (SMILE)

[MORGAN]

Wet Suits?? You guys are nuts. You really just like the feel of your own warm pee don't you?

Yes.

Mike

[Chunky]

I'm all about diving wet or semi-dry. I personally hate diving in a drysuit. I need to get a dual bladder wing though so I can maintain bouyancy if my primary bladder ever takes a dump on me....

Martin.

[skip]

I'm with you guys. I got probably close to 200 dives in my DUI drysuit. I've dove the drysuit in Summer heat and cold Winter. Now, it leaks so often, I may as well get a wetsuit. For the price you pay to have the seals replaces every freaking year, you practically pay the price of a new wetsuit each time (OK, so I'm stretching it a little). My DUI is probably ready to be retired. I'm NOT putting down another $1,400 for a suit.

So, I've decided I'm going back to wetsuits. They are cheaper and more durable.

My off the shelf dui tls350 has over 300 dives on it and is still going. I have replaced all seals (neck and wrists) once so far. And replaced the zipper once. the wrist seals are about ready to be replaced (some say past time). I switched to the zip seals, and can now switch easily and not too expensively (and I can add the zip dry gloves for those long deep ocean dives in the winter, or those shallow quarry dives when the ice comes). I have not had to replace the seals every year.

I don't like the idea of spending another 1400 or even 1000, so I kept my eyes open and jumped on a tls350 used for $700.00. It's now my backup drysuit. A used tls at $700-1000 is not that much more than a good new wetsuit and worth way more in the extension of the dive locations and time of year. Just try to dive our tennessee caves in a wetsuit! It will be a short dive for sure.

-skip

[dogwatch]

- have never dove dry...... up to 6 hours in 68-69F tallahassee (was younger then)

been plenty cold, though

[FW]

Just try to dive our tennessee caves in a wetsuit! It will be a short dive for sure.

-skip

Aw come on Skip, I personally saw you spend about 10 hours in a TN cave in a wetsuit.

I have spent more that 15 hours in a cave, wearing a wetsuit. It was even farther north than TN too (52 degrees)