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Diving Lake Superior in April is @#$%ing cold. 6 guys and temperature guages all read <32 at depth. Ice diving in Minnesota has typical water temps of 35 degrees. Diving in this cold requires lots of layers. Argon helps, but even with that, you're only good for 40 - 60 minutes and mobility sucks. The major problem is keeping the hands warm enough to function. As for Seattle, it's balmy compared to that. I wear a set of polypro underwear and a pair of Andies Undies. I'm good for well over an hour before getting cold; more if I'm working harder. I've used the TLS suit in both conditions and it works great. (The ice just peels right off!) The only problem is that you need to get it big enough to fit the undergarments, yet small enought that you're not diving a ballon. Kurt > When I dove with you guys out there I added weight and blew the suit up > more ( after the fist dive ), and that worked well, but you will have to > ask the Swedish Brothers or Bott or somebody about real cold water. I'll > try Seattle next and see how that goes. > > MHK wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> > > > > > They do not have the buoyancy problems, but they are cumbersome and > > > heavy, and they do not hold together like you would think they should. > > > They are salso restrictive. > > > > George, > > > > We all know what a cold water weenie you are :-) but I'm curious since in > > the rare occasions that I dive dry, I use the the DUI CF-200, I agree with > > you about the lack of buoyancy problems, but I'm curious about your > > experiences with the tri lam in seriously cold water. I'm talking Great > > Lake area and the like. > > > > Is argon and C4's enough??? > > > > I've been using my CF-200 for years and haven't had any real problems with > > it, but you are right it is a bit restricitive. > > > > Later > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* > > For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* > For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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