Erik Il Rosso
Contributor
I've got nearly 300 dives under my belt and nearly all of them with a semi dry suit...
I bought a custom made trilam dry suit more or less 30 days ago and after 5 dives I cannot say that I love it...
At the beginning I had problems with floaty feet and my old fins did not fit right so I replaced them with a pair of Jet Fin...
Althought I have a Xerotherm Arctic as undergarment I must admit that I do not feel as warm as I was when I was using the semi dry suit...
I know that I do not inflate my dry suit too much and I know that I have to expect a certain amount of squeeze but sometimes my movements are restricted and I feel cold (expecially at safety stops)...
And what about weights ???
My weight belt used to be 4 Kgs with a semi dry suit now I have to use 8 Kg, I feel heavy really heavy...
I must admit that I have got mixed feeling regarding my dry suit and every time I have to choose a suit from the wardrobe where I keep them I am temped to choose the semy dry instead of the dry suit...
Questions are...
How long will it take me to dive dry in a comfortable manner as I used to do with my semi dry ???
Is it just a matter of time ???
Is it possibile that in couple of months starting from today I could write a post were I will say that I will never use a wet suit again ???
I fell a little bit frustated ad temped to use the semi dry instead of the dry suit...
Ciao Erik Il Rosso
I bought a custom made trilam dry suit more or less 30 days ago and after 5 dives I cannot say that I love it...
At the beginning I had problems with floaty feet and my old fins did not fit right so I replaced them with a pair of Jet Fin...
Althought I have a Xerotherm Arctic as undergarment I must admit that I do not feel as warm as I was when I was using the semi dry suit...
I know that I do not inflate my dry suit too much and I know that I have to expect a certain amount of squeeze but sometimes my movements are restricted and I feel cold (expecially at safety stops)...
And what about weights ???
My weight belt used to be 4 Kgs with a semi dry suit now I have to use 8 Kg, I feel heavy really heavy...
I must admit that I have got mixed feeling regarding my dry suit and every time I have to choose a suit from the wardrobe where I keep them I am temped to choose the semy dry instead of the dry suit...
Questions are...
How long will it take me to dive dry in a comfortable manner as I used to do with my semi dry ???
Is it just a matter of time ???
Is it possibile that in couple of months starting from today I could write a post were I will say that I will never use a wet suit again ???
I fell a little bit frustated ad temped to use the semi dry instead of the dry suit...
Ciao Erik Il Rosso