Thank You!!!  ...for the support in this subject.
Mike W.        :-)



>Subject:     RE DUI CF 200  THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT DRY SUIT
>Sent:        4/11/98 11:22 AM
>Received:    4/14/98 3:14 PM
>From:        Joseph Kaffl, sumpdiver@em*.ms*.co*
>To:          TechdiverPOSTING, techdiver@aquanaut.com
>             Cavediverposting, cavers@ww*.ge*.co*
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>  The quest for the perfect dry suit is a difficult one.  Several factors go
>into the selection of the appropriate suit.  The two primary ones are
>Application and Cost.
>   Cost must also be considered in terms of the total life of the suit and
>your own safety.    A cheaper suit that only lasts half as long as a more
>expensive one may not be the best buy in the long term.  A cheap suit that
>fails on a serious dive can get you bent or lead to a cascade of events that
>might kill you.  The 1/4 neoprene suits lack useful life, have terrible
>buoyancy characteristics and restrict your ability to move, i.e. reach your
>valves and are not even worthy of  consideration for most applications.
>This leaves us with shell suits or crushed neoprene
>
>   The primary consideration in the selection of the suit should be the
>application for which it is being used.  In my case I use my DUI CF 200 for
>Florida Cave, Northeast Wreck and Sump diving.  Its primary application is
>in sump diving.   Talk about a harsh environment.   Not only must the suit
>work well in the cold tight sumps but it must also allow the wearer the
>ability to safely pass through the dry cave that lies between and beyond
>these sumps.  We are talking in this case about crawling through breakdown
>piles, thick mud and climbing over various obstacles while wearing 70 pounds
>of gear.  Much of this terrain is virgin so that sharp solutional or
>errosionally developed limestone protrusions are plentiful.  Based on this
>use my CF 200 has performed incredibly well.
>
>   The only short coming of the suit compared to it cousin, the 350 is it
>long drying time both outside and inside.  The suit does not leak but you
>can work up quite a bit of sweat in dry cave.   I have never had the
>opportunity to put a 350 to the same torture test as my 200 so I can not
>comment on its ability to handle these conditions.  I am a very happy CF 200
>owner.
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>                                                 JOSEPH KAFFL
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