Paul, sounds like your suit is just too small. Compressed neoprene
stretches, so to be tight in the legs your suit must be stretched all the
way out.

I don't think  you are screwed with polarfleece if your suit floods unless
you have a several hours deco or are in ice water. If this was the case we'd
loose about a diver a week around here.

   Jim
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> From: Paul Braunbehrens <Bakalite@ba*.co*>
> Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:46:02 -0700
> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>, VB Tech <vbtech@ci*.co*>, Tech
> Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Subject: Re:DUI purchase experience
> 
> Jim, thanks for this post.  Those of us who are waiting for the right
> occasion ($$) to buy a DUI suit can really benefit from knowing what
> to expect going into it.  I'll be sure to order my suit so that I
> have plenty of diving scheduled when it arrives.  Also, it's good to
> know they won't take back the undergarment if it has been worn (I
> assume they mean in the water).  I'm diving compressed neoprene right
> now, and the undergarment made it so I couldn't reach the valves.
> Also, moving my legs around was very hard, making diving more of a
> workout than it should be.  I'm now diving with skiing underwear
> (polarfleece) until I can figure out what to do.  At least I can
> move!  Obviously I'm not going to do anything that requires a lot of
> deco, because if I flood the suit I'm screwed with polarfleece.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Jim Cobb wrote:
> ~
>> I elected to purchase a clx450 "signature" drysuit from DUI. Signature means
>> a custom fit, this means they take about 25 measurements to insure that the
>> suit fits the way a shellsuit should that is not to baggy and tight in the
>> legs. As trilaminate does not stretch, a correct fitting is important. Also,
>> I am not an "off the shelf" kind of guy.
> 
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