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***sadave*** · 31st March 2006, 10:41

Have never dived a Thinsulate, but I've had my Northern Diver Flectalon 200 for over 5 years now. Its still as warm as the day I bought it.

Washing? Easy, just chuck it in the washing machine, I've done this every few months for as long as I've owned it, never a problem!!! (Try that with a thinsulate!!!).

Warm when flooded? Toasty. I flooded (and I mean, COMPLETELY!!!) flooded my old neo suit, the zip busted, I still had 45mins of deco to do, in 11deg C water, and yeah, I was cold at the end of it, but not hypothermic like you would expect to be... To compare, I flooded that same suit (replaced the zip on it twice, then ended up ebaying the POS...) wearing Polyprop thermals, with 300 wt polartec pants and top, in 15deg water, with only 15mins deco, and was shivering uncontrollably by the end of it...

I couldn't possibly be happier with my flectalon! Have dived it under my tri-lam down to 7deg C water quite comfortably...

Not sure about the pricing over there, but here, they are a bit under half the price of the equivalent DUI undergarment!!! And sooo much better!

/edit: read the rest of your post...

I find it a LOT less bulky than my old polartec undergarments, and dropped a coupla kg's of lead too...

31st March 2006, 10:41	#7 (permalink)
*sadave* Couldn't be bothered... Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Classic Kiss Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Posts: 1,038	Re: Flectalon versus Thinsulate When Wet Have never dived a Thinsulate, but I've had my Northern Diver Flectalon 200 for over 5 years now. Its still as warm as the day I bought it. Washing? Easy, just chuck it in the washing machine, I've done this every few months for as long as I've owned it, never a problem!!! (Try that with a thinsulate!!!). Warm when flooded? Toasty. I flooded (and I mean, COMPLETELY!!!) flooded my old neo suit, the zip busted, I still had 45mins of deco to do, in 11deg C water, and yeah, I was cold at the end of it, but not hypothermic like you would expect to be... To compare, I flooded that same suit (replaced the zip on it twice, then ended up ebaying the POS...) wearing Polyprop thermals, with 300 wt polartec pants and top, in 15deg water, with only 15mins deco, and was shivering uncontrollably by the end of it... I couldn't possibly be happier with my flectalon! Have dived it under my tri-lam down to 7deg C water quite comfortably... Not sure about the pricing over there, but here, they are a bit under half the price of the equivalent DUI undergarment!!! And sooo much better! /edit: read the rest of your post... I find it a LOT less bulky than my old polartec undergarments, and dropped a coupla kg's of lead too... __________________ Wave!
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