Al,

The gator wraps by Brownie's is indeed a piece of gear that is used to
minimize the amount of loft present in drysuit legs.  They cover only the
lower leg and I am satisfied with their performance.  I often have open
water swimming dives in a shell type drysuit and appreciate the gator wraps
for keeping the excess material from interfering with my kick and I imagine
they minimize the drag associated with the movement of the leg through
water.

Although I imagine they would also help in preventing a feet-up attitude, I
do not think that most cave divers would have such problems after a few dry
dives.

Regards, John

-----Original Message-----
From: KybrSose 
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com ; cavers@ww*.ge*.co*

Date: Saturday, April 11, 1998 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: gator wraps


>Hi,
>
>  I have noticed that Brownies is selling a new product called "gator
wraps."
>I know George Irvine has made reference to "gaitors" in previous posts, but
he
>never provided an explaination of them, at least not one I can find. Can
>anyone confirm if these are one in the same?
>
>  Does  anyone know what would be the purpose of this item?  I need some
>further information on them. I am guessing that they are used to constrict
the
>lower leg of a dry suit to prevent feet first inversion in an overhead
>environment. Is this correct?
> Has anyone used this product, or a simlar item to acheive this purpose?
Are
>there any tricks or tips to using them, either in a cave or in open water?
>
>  Would these devices have any utility to an open water dry suit diver? Are
>there alternatives to the brownies product? books, pamplets, web sites for
do
>it your selfers? ( i mean for the gaitor concept, not generics)
>
>  I appreciate any comments anyone has. Additionally if someone  with
access
>could pass this on to freeattic I would be very grateful.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Al Marvelli          aka    KybrSose@ao*.co*
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