elvisisalive
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I'm going to buy a drysuit. I do not care it I spent $3000 on one, but I want it to be able to do everything I want it to that is offered in today's market: user replaceable wrist seals, dry glove mounting, and I want it to be very durable. My diving in heading really quickly into cave and wreck training, so I do not want to be limited by my suit, or have any apprehension about my suit holding up. I live in the North East so it's cold all year round at depth. Choices:
DUI - CF200X is a really great suit with a fantastic reputation. I can do zip seals, zip gloves, and to have both zip gloves WD. Not only is the suit expensive but the options are expensive both initially and every time I need a seal or a glove. I can order the suit with a standard latex seal and use just the zip seal for the gloves if I want gloves, or a seal and wear wet gloves. My shop is a dealer.
Diving Concepts = Pinnacle 200 was a Scuba Lab Tester Choice a few years ago so I gotta figure it's a pretty good suit. The DC glove system seems to be well liked on these boards and I can order the system built onto the suit so I'd only have the actual rings on the gloves. This will also allow me to have a standard latex wrist seal in place in case of a glove flood. Dealer is well known to me.
White's Legend - Have not heard anything about this suit but rave reviews for the other suits they make; Fusion. With this suit I can have the SiTech "Glove Lock" system built onto the suit like the DC system but with the added advantage of being able to change the wrist seal in case of a failure and dock the SI gloves in place. I'll be able to change gloves with regular inexpensive Atlas/Showa gloves any time I want also.
Seems like a clear choice for the White's Legend because it offers me the most options. What it doesn't offer me is a dealer that is less than 2 hours away and one that I do not know. I really want to be able to; don/doff without drygloves on, change a seal on site if one goes south, change gloves without spending a fortune on them, have both a wrist seal and drygloves at the same time, and all on a front entry suit. What I do not want is to buy a suit that has options that in the grand scheme of things arn't really that important. Nice to have but oh well if you don't. The lack of a close dealer bothers me on such a large and potentially complicated purchase. Need some advice from you to help me keep on track and not forget what is important.
DUI - CF200X is a really great suit with a fantastic reputation. I can do zip seals, zip gloves, and to have both zip gloves WD. Not only is the suit expensive but the options are expensive both initially and every time I need a seal or a glove. I can order the suit with a standard latex seal and use just the zip seal for the gloves if I want gloves, or a seal and wear wet gloves. My shop is a dealer.
Diving Concepts = Pinnacle 200 was a Scuba Lab Tester Choice a few years ago so I gotta figure it's a pretty good suit. The DC glove system seems to be well liked on these boards and I can order the system built onto the suit so I'd only have the actual rings on the gloves. This will also allow me to have a standard latex wrist seal in place in case of a glove flood. Dealer is well known to me.
White's Legend - Have not heard anything about this suit but rave reviews for the other suits they make; Fusion. With this suit I can have the SiTech "Glove Lock" system built onto the suit like the DC system but with the added advantage of being able to change the wrist seal in case of a failure and dock the SI gloves in place. I'll be able to change gloves with regular inexpensive Atlas/Showa gloves any time I want also.
Seems like a clear choice for the White's Legend because it offers me the most options. What it doesn't offer me is a dealer that is less than 2 hours away and one that I do not know. I really want to be able to; don/doff without drygloves on, change a seal on site if one goes south, change gloves without spending a fortune on them, have both a wrist seal and drygloves at the same time, and all on a front entry suit. What I do not want is to buy a suit that has options that in the grand scheme of things arn't really that important. Nice to have but oh well if you don't. The lack of a close dealer bothers me on such a large and potentially complicated purchase. Need some advice from you to help me keep on track and not forget what is important.