Best Hood that doesn't squeeze my head like a ripe melon

[Storker]

Often see people with bibs flipped up adding zero thermal protection and just getting in the way.

Wet or dry?

If dry, a proper drysuit should have a warmneck into which the diver stuffs the small bib on their proper drysuit hood. No bib flipped up, good thermal protection of one of the bodyparts it's most important to have good thermal protection on.

 

[Doby45]

K01 for the WIN!

 

[Lorenzoid]

If dry, a proper drysuit should have a warmneck into which the diver stuffs the small bib on their proper drysuit hood. No bib flipped up, good thermal protection of one of the bodyparts it's most important to have good thermal protection on.

People flip the bib because it doesn't fit into the warmneck properly. (My wife does this.) I suppose the solution would be to trim the bib.

 

[Storker]

I suppose the solution would be to trim the bib.

"hand me the scissors"

 

[Graeme Fraser]

Wet or dry?

If dry, a proper drysuit should have a warmneck into which the diver stuffs the small bib on their proper drysuit hood. No bib flipped up, good thermal protection of one of the bodyparts it's most important to have good thermal protection on.

Both. Yes, fine if the drysuit has a neck sleeve, but many (including mine) don't. My neck seal is neoprene and quite long so I don't need the extra layer. Horses for courses I suppose.

 

[stuartv]

Wet or dry?

If dry, a proper drysuit should have a warmneck into which the diver stuffs the small bib on their proper drysuit hood. No bib flipped up, good thermal protection of one of the bodyparts it's most important to have good thermal protection on.

I took his statement to be referring to the people wearing wetsuit hoods that have the big skirt that is meant to tuck into the wetsuit. I also often see people with those where the skirt is just flipped up. The skirt on those is definitely too big to fit into a drysuit warm neck.

That skirt is why I only buy drysuit hoods. They cover my neck and will tuck into a drysuit warm neck or overlap (a little) with a wetsuit neck.

 

[davehicks]

The last dry suits bought for my wife and I each came with Hoods tailored to match the suits. Santi and Waterproof. My Waterproof hood fits perfectly into the skirt/pocket behind the neck to tuck it in and a velcro'd flap in the front.

 

[CodeS]

I got myself a custom 7mm hood from the local custom shop. I love the thing to bits, wouldn't give a second thought to recommending you do the same.

 

[Lorenzoid]

The last dry suits bought for my wife and I each came with Hoods tailored to match the suits. Santi and Waterproof. My Waterproof hood fits perfectly into the skirt/pocket behind the neck to tuck it in and a velcro'd flap in the front.

My wife feels uncomfortable with the Santi hood tucked into the warmneck of her Santi suit, so she keeps it flipped up. I don’t think she has a short neck or otherwise uncommon shape. I find mine perfectly comfortable (well, as comfortable as I think a hood could be). It appears to be an individual thing.

 

[EireDiver606]

Santi hoods are very good quality neoprene and are very warm and comfortable. Though, you can get a lot of jaw fatigue because they are quite strong - best thing to do is put a helmet inside the hood for a few days to loosen up the jaw area, you won’t have a sore jaw and the hoods warmth will not be affected as if you were cutting the neoprene around the jaw.

Fourth element are the smoothest hoods I’ve come across personally. Not the warmest but excellent fitting.