Quote: (Originally Posted by Pierre Farrugia)
Yesterday a friend of mine asked me some help to buy a drysuit. He asked me what is best a trilaminate or compressed neo ?
Encourage your buddy go to a dive show and try on some
different mfgr's suits; that is what did it for me.
The TLS-350 felt really heavy, but I found this one to be
pretty sweet:
http://www.ossystems.com/diving/hdpro.htm
I stepped into one of their shells they had on the floor-rack,
futzed w/the seals a bit, zipped it, wrapped it, and voilla!
Easy, light-weight, flexible. I wrote a check on the spot.
It is just a nylon shell; if he really wants trilam or comp-neo,
I'd ask why (nothing wrong with wanting that, I'm just curious).
I've been diving it for a year now, and I'm very happy with it (see
avatar
). I find the front-entry is really easy, that is what sold me
on it. That and the shell being pretty light and quick-drying.
For undergarments I'm using the light-weight and/or heavy set that
came with the kit. Haven't had a sufficiently long(or cold enough)
run time to want more. My next upgrade will probably be weazel
booties - toes are the only part I've had get a bit chilly.
If your friend is buying everything new, I'd suggest getting whatever
pkg the seller can put together & trying that out for a while.
It may be sufficient for what they need, you can always layer
more (speaking of which, I just bought into the "under armor"
moisture wicking base-layer idea; haven't tried that yet...
hopefully I'll know if I like it after the 1st weekend in Feb).
I like this ring-glove thing:
http://www.ossystems.com/gloves/gloves/index.htm
having a backup wrist seal in case a glove goes is a nice
idea, and for some summer dives I use wet-gloves (or no-gloves).
I don't like the blue "smurf-gloves", the black seals come un-stuck
too easily for me (I've found the viking rubber "gauntlet" style
works well w/the ring coupling).
John G.