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Technical Divers Well, Anyone care to share experiences about drysuits they owne(d). Why they are good or bad and why anyone should buy them? I'm a big believer in trilaminates myself. i've owned an Aquion Pro for five years and about 350 dives. Apart from a small leak in the seams along the crotch area (where else...;) ), which was succesfully patched with Aquasure, 2 neckseals and a modification to the Apeks outlet valve, this suit has brought me nothing but pleasure and dry comfortable dives. The material dries very quickly (usually the suit is dry before I've stashed my material after a dive) and is very snag resistant, although i've noticed some cuts in the knee area, which have penetrated one layer of the 409 gr/sq ft material. Kevlar on my next suit should prevent this. The average life expectancy of a trilam suit is about five years/500 dives, so I am curious if it shall fall apart soon (joke!) Pity Aquion went bankrupt, or my next suit would be exactly the same again. For now, my eye is on the TLS suit range of DUI, which, with the necessary KEVLAR pathes in the knee ,elbow and shoulder area should provide an excellent, durable and comfortable suit. The CF200 material just does not dry quickly enough, and I do not like neoprene, be it crushed or compressed or whatever, it still compresses a little at depth. I do wonder about two other offerings, the Otter Superskin and O'Three RI range . But as of yet, I have no more info than that the manufacturers give on their websites, so anyone with experiences with those suits would be welcome. Thanks for your time, and please, if you have any comments on this topic, feel free to share them with me. I would especially favour any input from fellow Europeans. Adri Haine Blanden Belgium Europe ahaine@ce*.be* PS: For all you guys out there that insist on diving wet, sorry for the waste of time and bandwidth -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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