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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 11:42:15 GMT
From: Neil Kingsbeer <Neil@td*.de*.co*.uk*>
To: Irvine@td*.de*.co*.uk*, Trey@td*.de*.co*.uk*,
     enyjhd@un*.cc*.no*.ac*.uk*
Cc: cavers@ge*.co*, "Sean T. Stevenson"@tdi1.demon.co.uk, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Re: need dry suit advice
Lets see how long it lasts!!

Julian Bottomer.
In your message dated Friday 22, March 1996 you wrote :
> Hi
> 	Just a quick note to say that the British aren't so far behind in 
> dry suit terms.
> 	I cave dive and tech dive in a 2mm crushed neoprene suit from a 
> company called Northern Dive. They custom made me a front entry suit with 
> a flap over the zip held down with velcro. The suit is the best I have 
> ever had. It not too bouyant, you can were the required amount of 
> insulation under it in terms of a thinsulate undersuit, its really hard 
> wearing or has been so far.
> 	As to diving in it it keeps me warm at 50m in a quarry or in 4 
> degree C water in a cave. Being thin its flexible but has a much more 
> taylored fit than a membrane.
> 
> 	Its just a though but proves that thin neoprenes may be the way forward
> 
> 			Jon D
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-- 
Neil Kingsbeer

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