Drysuit repair in Cave Country

[prufrock]

Gamble.
Good guy. good work. good prices. good location...for g-villers anyway.

[JCGoodwin]

Greetings all and Steve Gamble is not just for Florida! Here in IN he has quite a good standing and many suits have been his way.
Steve's skills are second to none. I would prefer to have him work on my suit over the manufacturer.
His turn around time is unbelievable even when you are several states away.
If I ever have a problem in FL when I am diving I will drive the suit up to him easily. NO BRAINER!
Good luck,
JCG

[LisaN]

I'm on my third (and last tls 350) DUI: Dry Until Immersed, will not by another one. Mine leaks like a wet suit at the moment and where is not easy to find...as all have said, brand does not matter, send it to Steve. I'd advise a different brand, i'm going to give the Santi a try. Bill

This is what I am thinking too. sounds like Steve does great work, and it will likely be less costly with faster turnaround time than DUI. I have to say that I am a bit disappointed in how "porous" my tls has become - and I am very careful with it when wearing and storing it. The tls is my first DS, the Santi looks appealing. I also wonder how the new DUI flx extreme will hold up?

[mdax]

this seems to be totally uncontested, which is really odd for an internet forum
Course i took my dry suit to Steve when it busted in Florida, he'd quote/charge such a low rate i'd have to give him more just to feel right about it...and he did a great job.

[stickydeco]

I have a slightly different question. I know Steve comes highly recommended and I am tempted to use him, but my TLS 350 is 4 years old and still under warranty. It has already been back to DUI once about a year+ ago for leak repair, they replaced faulty zip seal rings on the wrists, patched the turbosoles and a bunch of pinholes. It was dry for a short time but has progressively been leaking more - I need to get it sorted before my cave country visit in Nov. I suspect the zipper will need to be changed, the turbosoles for sure, and there is an arm leak somewhere I can't find. My LDS (where I bought the suit) insists on only using DUI's repair service, especially for replacing zippers. (They suggested only DUI could do satisfactory work especially on the zipper). Is there anything in your collective experiences that would support or refute this?

Just sell that POS DUI Drysuit and get a Santi. That's just about all there is to it.

[Sludge]

I'm wondering what you people are doing to your DUI suits. I've had three TLS-350s and they've all been dry until they got some years on them (six or more).

[cavemark]

Just sell that POS DUI Drysuit and get a Santi. That's just about all there is to it.

+1 & +1 on Gamble and the Santi. I bought an E-Space, though I'm not at the point where I love the suit yet. I still have my Diving Concepts Neo-Z which is also a great suit.

[stickydeco]

. . . I'm wondering what you people are doing to your DUI suits. . . .

Repairing them alot. haha
Also, if truth be told, just knocking the DUI Brand a bit as we are Santi Dealers. I wanted to end the many and varied headaches.

[Sludge]

For the record, both shops I work for sell DUI - my ten-plus years of experience with DUI suits is a factor as to why we sell them.

[OFG-1]

his prices are ridiculous. He could double them and nobody would complain.

what are you, a socialist or something???????????