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In a message dated 9/5/98 5:29:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tekdive@ho*.co* writes: > other option is to make a suit that wont rip. > try having someone custom make a kevlar drysuit. Although it doesn't > help with the insulation problem it will be almost imposible to tear > especially if it is made with the stuff they make knife proof vests. It > might also be possible to have a suit with double seals at the neck and > wrists. just another angle on the situation. I don't know if this would > even be possible or economically freezing but is something to consider. > A friend i dive with has a suit (i think its a harveys)its pretty old > but it is a balistic nylon suit with built in nlyon coveralls. they are > like a protective cover. Water There are a couple of kevlar suits availible, the one I saw was made by ocean ray, but there is one by ocean reef also i believe. THe kevlar is bonded to a full foam type neoprene, and the suit is built around that. The suit is other wise made like a full foam and I would wonder about the seam life, the ones I ve seen are all less than a year old. Additionally the laminar flow junkies would have a field day with them, as the outer layer of kevlar has hundreds of tiny ridges, just like kevlar tipped gloves.. The TLS 350 combat swimmer suit < different from a sport tls> has a heavy over layer of balistic codura nylon according to the DUI catalog. Its in the section on military products. regards, al marvelli -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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