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The one I have does well flooded if it has C-4 Thinsulate under it. The hefty bag is the non-DUI or non custom fit suits. You saw mine. If you put all of your insulation on , you are the same buoyancy at every depth with DUI - with neo you are relying on the neo to keep you warm shallow because you can not put the heavy stuff on under and still function. That suit you saw me in is eigth years old, by the way - I just stay neutral all of the time. The only place we need protection on a wreck is over the latex seals, and we just use another heavy latex sleeve. The suit has a double zipper so will not blow out there, and there is a layer of sacrificial material over the tri-lam. You can also get the military version which has pads for kneeling and shooting, if you are planning on filming any James Bond movies, or if you want to go back into the Navy. You can then get the gun pocket ala the Secret Service version of the suit, which is used in Florida by the pot-smokers to keep their stash dry, and by me to hold the magic stone. The copy cat suits can not have all three of the needed features : self don, tri lam, and telescoping top. Also, the cheapies anly have a couple of cuts of fabric - look closely at a DUI - there are mulitple cuts for a better fit. Look at a video of me diving and tell me there is a probelm with buoyancy control - these suits give you tricks you can not do wtih neoprene, and that is part of why we use them. You would be amazed at the funtions thes suits perform in a complex dive wtih multiple scooters and bottles - ther are absolutely esssential for that. > > george, > while i agree that the neopren suits have some problems. > i would like to point out my biggest problem that i see with the hefty bag > suits- if you have a leak in the suit & it floods after the middle or end of > your botom time, you will be in some deep shit.un our water that could be > fatal. the one thing that you get from the neopren suits is some thermal > protection even after the thing has flooded. > > saying that i will also point out that i use a dui crushed mostly for the > comfort & they are tough motherfuckers inside a wreck. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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