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    Heated vest for diving

    Has any one used one of these yet?
    Before i spend 500 dollars on one i would like to here from someone who as actually used one.
    [url=http://www.heatedwetsuits.com/products/Thermalution-Heated-Undersuit-15m.html]Thermalution Heated

    http://www.heatedwetsuits.com/produc...ution-70M.html
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    My instructor has one that he uses in the local quarry. He loves it! He built it himeself. It is basically a motorcycle heated vest. He found a dry port (plug ins on both sides of his drysuit) to pass the battery power through the suit. The most expensive piece was the Light Monkey can light battery itself. I think he probably spent about $400- $500 on it all.

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    Max depth 75 feet? Now does that mean if you go below it stops working, or will it break it? That's not very deep
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    Quote Originally Posted by melanie. View Post
    Max depth 75 feet? Now does that mean if you go below it stops working, or will it break it? That's not very deep
    Thermalution Heated Undersuit -70M (Shortsleeve)

    I dont want an alternative, im not going to drag my dry suite to the Galapagos and im not going to Magiver up some duct tape,a motorcycle vest and some glue.

    IF you have some first hand experience with one of these please post your thoughts, other wise thanks but no thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melanie. View Post
    Max depth 75 feet? Now does that mean if you go below it stops working, or will it break it? That's not very deep
    70 Meters!!!
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    The first link that was posted was to a 15m one, not the 70m one and theres a significant price difference between the two..
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    Not sure I would trust those wetsuit heaters. specifically question Burn Time.
    Although the motorcycle vests are cheap, they have not been working great. UTD (motorcycle vest) didn't even have them in their booth at DEMA and product is no longer on their website.

    Have to Dive Dry
    Best heated vest on the market is SANTI's:
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    SANTI Heated VEST

    Then if you are really cold:
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    SANTI EXTREME BZ 400 Heated

    SANTI was the big buzz of the DEMA show!

    Be on the look out, you are going to start seeing reviews of SANTI in Wreck Diver Mag, Rebreather World and other dive publications!

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