EireDiver606
Contributor
Wetsuits are far cheaper than a drysuit and can resist damage much more easily than a drysuit. When was the last time you saw a wetsuit diver scrub a dive because of a leak? A flooded drysuit can be just as catastrophic as a BCD failure. You dive the gear, the gear shouldn’t be diving you.
It's not about missing a dive because of a leak. If your priorities are straight, there are more positives of the drysuit than the inherent negatives of which there are so few, so don't be a grimbo grief by focusing on the negatives. Let's not forget drysuits (especially the good ones ) have extended the limits of diving forever. To be safe, comfortable, and to have redundant buoyancy at depth - drysuits are the way. Tri-lam for deep (and shallow) and neoprene for only shallow dives. Drysuits help us far more than wetsuits for the reasons @johnkendall stated.