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To: Prime
To: Rat <shelps@ac*.ma*.ad*.ed*.au*>
Subject: Re: Titanium Wetsuits
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 14:17:22 +22305714 (HST)

On Tue, 26 Apr 1994, Prime Rat wrote:

> 
> One of the local wetsuit manufacturers was pushing a 'stainless steel' 
> wetsuit here for a while.  I bought one.  The lining is alegedly spun 
> stainless steel and it works (supposedly) by conducting body heat throughout 
> the inside of the suit.  Although it always seemed to me that it could only 
> rob heat from warmer parts of the suit to lose it in colder parts.  Still, 
> it is a very comfortable suit and I have never been cold wearing it when I 
> used to get cold wearing my  nylon lined suit.
> 
> /Rat

Thanks for the input.  I'll pass on a copy of your message to the guy who
asked me about them initially (my boss here at the Museum where I work). 
It seems to me, the metal would serve as sort-of a heat-sink.  Unlike the
water layer of a wetsuit, it doesn't circulate everytime you torque your
body.  If I every get to try one, I'll pass on my experiences.

Thanks again....

Aloha,

Rich

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