I used to think dry suits were just dry suits until my last dive in the Puget Sound

I always figured any trilam would work the same, but after a 40-minute bottom time at 80 feet near the Hood Canal bridge my buddy let me borrow his compressed neoprene suit and the difference in warmth and mobility was night and day. Now I get why guys are so picky about shell vs neoprene for cold water work. Anyone else changed their mind about a specific gear setup after a rough day under?

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butler.abby18d ago

Same way I felt when I switched from a cheap sleeping bag to a down one on a cold mountain night.

river_hall4418d ago

Nah, I'll take a shell suit any day over compressed neoprene. The mobility trade off isn't worth it when you're doing any kind of tech dive with stages. Neoprene loses its flex the deeper you go and that crushes the warmth advantage.

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veramiller18d ago

Sixth dive in a used drysuit taught me this same lesson the hard way. @butler.abby