How many wetsuits are too many wetsuits?

[boulderjohn]

I try to be ready for everything.

• I have a 3mm suit for trips to tropical climes.
• I have a 5mm suit I wear for winter diving in Florida and for cave diving in Mexico.
• I have a 7mm suit that I bought as a backup to my drysuit. (When you meet students for a 3-day weekend of dive instruction 400 miles from home, you need to be ready.)
• I have a drysuit.

So what's your situation? For every situation on the list above that does not pertain to you, strike it off the list.

 

[GF99/99]

One is too many: get a drysuit

I kid, though. I have a drysuit, an 8mm semi-dry wetsuit, and a 3mm full wetsuit. That's enough for me, I haven't felt the need to buy another for a few years.

Haha now the real question is how many dry suits is too many dry suits

 

[stuartv]

Haha now the real question is how many dry suits is too many dry suits

4

 

[Djknauss]

the first time i pee in mine i throw it away....

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

I'm too much of a wimp when it comes to temperatures to have a 3 mil for tropical destinations. So I have a 5 mil for the tropics. For the med, I add a 2 mill vest under my 5 mil and wear my K-01 hood. I do have a 7 mil, but it is a backup to my dry suit if I need to do work at my family's place along the Hood Canal. Otherwise dry suit all the way.

If I were to dive with my rebreather in Maui for 2 hours, I'd take my dry suit.

 

[TrimixToo]

I probably have one too many, at 3. One's a trilam, the other two crushed neoprene.

 

[scubayinzer412]

only use my 1,5 mm and my 3 mm
for the rest i go dry

 

[passeparici]

I think yje real answer is when you have suits you haven't used in over a year, you havw too many.

I have a 3/2mm and a 7mm, but the latter is such a PITA to put on, I mever use it. With the weather getting colder, maybe I need to try it again.

Put a plastic bag on your hands and feet when you put on your 7 mm suit : it is much easier.

 

[davecampbell]

I like gear... a lot. we have lots, between my wife and I, we have....
(4) 3 mm wetsuits
(1) 5 mm wetsuit
(2) 8 mm semidry wetsuits
(2) neoprene tech shorts
(4) Seaskin Novas.
add to this a bunch of dry gloves, various weight undergarments, wet gloves, hoods, rockboots, wetsuit boots, etc... it's nice to have options, and be comfortable. Basically, there is no maximum amount...lol.

 

[drakcheslav]

For me. 0 is the right amount of wetsuits. If I ever need a wet suit I need it temporary, I get one from my club, and It's usually a 5mm hooded.

I dive a drysuit all year long. And I love it. From 25C in the summer yo 4C in the winter.

If I need a shorty, I wear shorts and a vest.