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Hi Jozef, There were a number of things that I was unhappy with. The first is with the boots - they're just too big to comfortably cave dive with and punctured too easily - I'd done a number of repairs. I got my Otter in May 98 and did my last dive in Nov 99. Also, I always ended up either damp or wet after a dive - in fact, more often very wet -indicating leaks. In July 99 I eventually soaped up the suit, inflated it and found that gas was escaping from all over the stitching on both legs. This took 2 days to seal properly. As it's made of a tougher tri-lam, it was more inflexible and I occasionally found it difficult to get my valves. The suits are tough and designed for most typical UK divers - who crawl through a wreck rather than swim through. With the CLX, I sometimes don't know I'm wearing a suit - it's much softer and more flexible but still tough enough. I also got the suit with crushed neoprene boots (no soles etc) designed for use with Rock boots. I use scubapro wetsuit boots over this as this keeps my feet tight and gas just can't get down there. Best, John. > As I'm now considering new suit, and Otter was one of my candidates, I'd > like to know why you was unhappy with it. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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