Ben,

Funny you should ask this!  Just yesterday I was at a show and speaking
with a friend of mine who's a DUI rep.  I knew that folding my CF200 was
a bad idea.  I currently hang mine in the garage.  According to the DUI
rep both are wrong.  The problem with crushed neoprene isn't with the
material folding as much as the zipper getting screwed up.  According to
her the best way to store the suit is with the zipper open and it draped
over a PVC pipe.  Having it draped over a wide arc (PVC vs rope) does
not put any stress on the zipper.  Storing the suit un-zipped also
reduced the stress on the zipper.  Hope  got that right, if not I'm sure
someone will let me know (gently hopefully :-))

Hope this helps,
Safe diving,
Art.
art.paltz@r2*.co*
Last Dive 10/31/97, Ora Verde, Grand Cayman, 50ft/50 min bottom time, 88
degrees F, 21% bottom mix
          -- O.K. so I was on my honeymoon and had a weenie DM following
me.  Had 1800 PSI left in my 72 cube tank!!
          -- Couldn't wait to get back to the cold waters of the North
East!!


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Ben Greenhouse 
	Sent:	Sunday, November 09, 1997 7:06 PM
	To:	techdiver@aquanaut.com
	Subject:	Drysuit Storage

	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

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