Hey everyone!
My hand-me-down TLS350 is on its final legs, and I am in the market for a new drysuit. I recently moved up to Alaska, and am starting to get into technical diving, and I am hard on drysuits. I'm trying to choose between the CLX450 and the E-Lite. (I dive a BP&W)
As for options--yes. All of them. Pockets, SmartSeals/ZipSeals, dry gloves, standard neck seal, some sort of integrated sole, pee valve, and padding everywhere that isn't going to overly restrict movement.
My biggest concerns are durability, fit, and part availability. I'm 2 meters tall (~6'8") and about 100 kg (220 lbs), so it's going to have to be a MTM. I like DUI, and everybody I dive with uses them, but replacement parts are so freaking expensive. And there's a little bit of homerism with DUI, so I can't get a good bead on how Santi stacks up.
I'm almost definitely going to get a Santi undergarment, and while I can't afford a heating system right now, that's not out of the question in the future, and it seems Santi has that down.
I want to buy right and buy once. Price matters a little, but it's not a disqualifying factor one way or the other.
Haaaaaaaalp.
My hand-me-down TLS350 is on its final legs, and I am in the market for a new drysuit. I recently moved up to Alaska, and am starting to get into technical diving, and I am hard on drysuits. I'm trying to choose between the CLX450 and the E-Lite. (I dive a BP&W)
As for options--yes. All of them. Pockets, SmartSeals/ZipSeals, dry gloves, standard neck seal, some sort of integrated sole, pee valve, and padding everywhere that isn't going to overly restrict movement.
My biggest concerns are durability, fit, and part availability. I'm 2 meters tall (~6'8") and about 100 kg (220 lbs), so it's going to have to be a MTM. I like DUI, and everybody I dive with uses them, but replacement parts are so freaking expensive. And there's a little bit of homerism with DUI, so I can't get a good bead on how Santi stacks up.
I'm almost definitely going to get a Santi undergarment, and while I can't afford a heating system right now, that's not out of the question in the future, and it seems Santi has that down.
I want to buy right and buy once. Price matters a little, but it's not a disqualifying factor one way or the other.
Haaaaaaaalp.
