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Not enough air in the suit (underweighted) and/or no drysuit underwear.
Running My Drysuit Tight
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Not enough air in the suit (underweighted) and/or no drysuit underwear.
LowDrag
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I must be lucky...I have a White's Fusion Bullet that I dive and never get hickies from it. In the summer I dive it with cold Under Armor gear and keep enough gas in there to relive the sqeeze and still never get hickies.
Dr. Lecter
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This has been the cause of several suit hickies here in HI, where I'm using a fusion bullet with no undergarment or just a lavacore shirt to stay warm on extended hangs. Oddly, it hasn't felt restrictive, too tight, or at all painful on the bottom when this has occured. Fixing it was just a matter of closing the exhaust valve a few clicks more and running a bit more bubble in the suit/a bit less bubble in the wing.
LowDrag
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I've been diving dry suits for about 4 years without any hickeys - but finally had something similar happen. It was during a cavern / cave dive - with the cavern passage sloping about 45 degrees downward. At a depth of about 80 feet - I wrestled with a restriction - trying to get past the flow. The majority of the dive was spent with me in a heads down trim - a little greater than 45 degrees.
At the end of the dive - I had the following over my shoulders and upper arms. It never hurt - but I was more focused on the restriction than anything else.
I think the extended vertical (heads down) position is what really does it. When most of my dive is horizontal - there are no issues.
Bjorn
I've been diving dry suits for about 4 years without any hickeys - but finally had something similar happen. It was during a cavern / cave dive - with the cavern passage sloping about 45 degrees downward. At a depth of about 80 feet - I wrestled with a restriction - trying to get past the flow. The majority of the dive was spent with me in a heads down trim - a little greater than 45 degrees.
At the end of the dive - I had the following over my shoulders and upper arms. It never hurt - but I was more focused on the restriction than anything else.
I think the extended vertical (heads down) position is what really does it. When most of my dive is horizontal - there are no issues.
Bjorn
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