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Peter A. Sale wrote: > > Called up local "stocking" DUI dealer to order TLS350 for upcoming > winter diving in chilly Southern California waters. Specified two > thigh mounted bellows pockets and two knee pads. Knee pads would be > constructed from same fabric as is used in DUI's CF200 suits, crushed > neoprene. > > Instead of adding these pads, at $100 each, dealer suggested I consider > purchasing a FLX5050. The top half of FLX5050 is made with the light > blousey TLS350 material and the bottom half is made with the CF200 > material. > > What experience has anyone on the list had with this particular model of > DUI drysuit? Good, bad, or don't know cause you haven't tried one yet? Peter: I've got the CF200. My next suit (if I can ever wear the current one out) will be the TLS350. I live in a cold damp climate (Alaska) and I travel a lot with my gear. The CF200 material takes FOREVER to dry compared to the trilaminate and I am getting tired of lugging a heavy damp suit on planes or donning cold damp wet suits on multiple day dive trips. The TLS packs much smaller and dries almost instantly. I guess the FLX suit would only be half as bad as the CF200. Plus, down there in sunny California, you shouldn't have we do with getting the suit to dry. Are you sure you even need extra kneepads? One of the guys I dive with is a sea lion biologist. He has used his TLS suit for years as an exposure suit when they are working around rookeries. He's always climbing around on jagged rocks and generally beating the tar out of the thing and he hasn't ripped it yet. They are a lot tougher than they look. Kent Lind Juneau Alaska -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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