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At 07:06 PM -0500 11/9/97, Ben Greenhouse wrote: >What's the best way to store a drysuit when you're not diving for a few >months? I have stored mine carefully folded in a bag, and on a plastic >coat hanger, but both wrinkled my neck seal enough that for the first >few dives of the season I got damp. I've seen the hangers that hang >them by the feet, but have never bothered to buy one. Can this thing be >rigged easily, or is it worth the 20 or so bucks to get one? > >Ben All of the manufacturers and books I've read all seem to advocate rolling/folding up from the boots upward towards the chest and storing in the bag supplied. Store with the zipper in the *unzipped* position. I usually wax the zip before putting it away (but usually just to prevent my forgetting to wax it next time I dive the suit). I got one of the dry suit hangers that hold the suit inverted by the boots to drain and dry. Mine works pretty well. I don't recall the company (they advertised in Alert Diver). It is made up of wide PVC plumbing pipe arranged in a "Tee" shape with polished slots cut in the ends to slip your boots into (the ankle fits into the slot and the wider boot sole locks it in place). Works well on my neoprene drysuit, and is a lot easier then turning the suit inside out trying to get it to dry. Shell suits dry a lot quicker so are less of an issue. It was cheap enough that I don't begrudge simply buying one instead of making my own (it' s worth it not having to run around for the parts, glue and solvents just to fabricate one hanger. As far as the neck seals having a "memory" the solution is simple. Dive more often! <g> It's approaching Winter... can ice diving be very far away? ;-) Robb W ==================================== CDR Robert B. Wolov, MC, (FS), USNR Orthopedic Pathology / Aerospace Medicine Dept. of Orthopedic Pathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC 20306-6000 wolov@hi*.co* (preferred) wolov@em*.af*.os*.mi* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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