I've been looking for a dive shop for the past few days that carries the W1 7mm wetsuit. Unfortunately no matter where I went, or website I ordered from, they all told me (except one) the same thing: the Waterproof W1 Men's 7mm wetsuit is discontinued to be replaced with the W2 7mm. This is only true for the 7mm; the 5mm is still available. Of course it didn't say that on any of the online stores product page.
Each time I found the W! 7mm on a different website I checked out and then received a telephone call or an email later telling me it was discontinued. I repeated the checkout process 4 times for the w1 on different websites and received the same notice. Except, though, the last online store (diveprodivegear.com) I went through checkout with a W1 7mm told me they were out of stock BUT they ordered some more for me. Now I'm confused. If it were really discontinued how could they have ordered more?
I called TUSA and the first person I talked to said that she wasn't sure and that her records said nothing of a discontinuing. The second rep told me that they were in fact discontinued and no longer in stock. Why would this not be mentioned on the waterproof website store itself? Why would they be discontinued? I was told that the W2 isn't necessarily better than the W1 and the only difference being where the zipper is located. Why would the W1 be discontinued?
Each time I found the W! 7mm on a different website I checked out and then received a telephone call or an email later telling me it was discontinued. I repeated the checkout process 4 times for the w1 on different websites and received the same notice. Except, though, the last online store (diveprodivegear.com) I went through checkout with a W1 7mm told me they were out of stock BUT they ordered some more for me. Now I'm confused. If it were really discontinued how could they have ordered more?
I called TUSA and the first person I talked to said that she wasn't sure and that her records said nothing of a discontinuing. The second rep told me that they were in fact discontinued and no longer in stock. Why would this not be mentioned on the waterproof website store itself? Why would they be discontinued? I was told that the W2 isn't necessarily better than the W1 and the only difference being where the zipper is located. Why would the W1 be discontinued?