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G- I had a chance to demo one right before I got messed up. I'm completly sold, right now I'm trying to sell off my old suit (which was pretty nice anyway) to buy one. J- At 07:49 AM 12/21/97 -0500, G. Irvine wrote: >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'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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