It was incredibly intuitive and not the big deal I had made it into. My instructor was cool. After showing me the flip thing, he allowed me to just go (at my reguest) and figure it out, periodically making a couple of suggestions on bad situations to try. He even offered to lend me his bail-out bottle for my solo dives in Lake Jocasse. I can't imagine using only the drysuit for bouyancy (except in an emergency). Managing the two air sources seems completely natural and automatic. The hood and gloves, on the other hand, do not. I feel like a dog trying to get a jar off its head.
Dive Like a Clown Day / first drysuit dive
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USCG flyer
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evad:
Were you using dry gloves and hood? I never had any love for them, I seem to do better with wet gloves and hood.
Ahhh, the joys of drysuit diving =) Incredibly awkward those first couple times, then gets a lot easier after that.
I still get a huge kick out of closing my exhaust valve after the dive and turning myself into the Michelin man. Always good for a laugh.
-B
I still get a huge kick out of closing my exhaust valve after the dive and turning myself into the Michelin man. Always good for a laugh.
-B
USCG flyer:
Were you using dry gloves and hood? I never had any love for them, I seem to do better with wet gloves and hood.
I didn't wear them on my initial pool dive. On my second dive, solo in a lake, I did. The hood is maybe semi-dry, my hair stayed dry. The 5 mil gloves @ 55 degrees were wet and coooold. I had to warm up my hands before I could get the wrist seals off. I'm doing two more solo dives today to try and tighten things up. Right now, I have no illusions about my drysuit bouyancy control but it's not the clown show I had envisioned.
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Good for you! My first drysuit dive was utterly spastic. My second one was A LOT better. Eventually, I'd like to get one, but for now, I'm in no particular hurry... Good luck! 
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I'm about to embark on my maiden dive this Sat or Sun. Just got my drysuit yesterday, and hoping that I make the adaption quickly.
Glad to hear everything went well for ya!
Glad to hear everything went well for ya!
GADS! You people who are naturals at drysuit diving make me want to CHOKE you! My husband was the same way "It's easy, why are you having so much trouble?" After 65 (sixty-five) dives that were horrendous in one way or another I finally figured it HAD to be the suit and not operator error and got a suit that fit better.
Glad to hear things went swimmingly for you!
Ber :lilbunny:
Glad to hear things went swimmingly for you!
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Fit is everything in a drysuit. One of the downsides to losing almost 40 lbs is that my drysuits (two custom DUI suits) no longer fit me very well ... and it's much more difficult maintaining good buoyancy and trim in them. Can't wait to lose another 30 ... it's gonna end up costing me a lot of money to replace those two suits with ones that fit right ... :11:
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... Bob (Grateful Diver)
I got lucky, I bought a Whites DS off ebay and it fits perfect. My first dives with it went pretty good, after I attached my tank properly
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You attach your tank to your drysuit ...dlndavid:I got lucky, I bought a Whites DS off ebay and it fits perfect. My first dives with it went pretty good, after I attached my tank properly
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