andrewy
Contributor
finished on my drysuit last night, finally it is what i want., hope it saves few experiments to you.
Originally regular DUI TLS 350 with turbo soles, latex and balanced p valve.
1. swapped turbo soles to USIA boots from diveriteinscuba , turbosoles were air traps and were leaking all the time
new boots are just as flexible and super nice.. cost $100
2. Swapped latex neck for neoprene one from ebay UK seller,, before i would get terrible "hanged man" neck rashes, and if i used bioseal, neck seal would only last 30 dives and break in least good moment.
So no more rashes and neck will outlast my suit.. cost $30
3. Unbalanced my pvalve , just put a plug screw in balancing hole, as it would leak ALL the time
4. Changed Apex exhaust to si tech (dive rite) one from norteastscuba ,
original APEX would not dump when open and would not hold shut when closed.. now it dumps air like a charm, cost $64
5. Installed wrist rings from an old Viking suit , now i have dry gloves and field swappable wrist seals horray!
i bought this part on ebay for $20 but since found them on diveriteinscuba for $70
6. Put few layers of aquaseal on a crotch and arm peat areas , otherwise harness just kills stitching and trilam..
so total cost of
$225 plus pb 300 glue, aquaseal, MEK and bunch of elbow grease .
Now i have perfectly usable dry suit.., and only one question remains why wouldnt DUI do the same to begin with?
Originally regular DUI TLS 350 with turbo soles, latex and balanced p valve.
1. swapped turbo soles to USIA boots from diveriteinscuba , turbosoles were air traps and were leaking all the time
new boots are just as flexible and super nice.. cost $100
2. Swapped latex neck for neoprene one from ebay UK seller,, before i would get terrible "hanged man" neck rashes, and if i used bioseal, neck seal would only last 30 dives and break in least good moment.
So no more rashes and neck will outlast my suit.. cost $30
3. Unbalanced my pvalve , just put a plug screw in balancing hole, as it would leak ALL the time
4. Changed Apex exhaust to si tech (dive rite) one from norteastscuba ,
original APEX would not dump when open and would not hold shut when closed.. now it dumps air like a charm, cost $64
5. Installed wrist rings from an old Viking suit , now i have dry gloves and field swappable wrist seals horray!
i bought this part on ebay for $20 but since found them on diveriteinscuba for $70
6. Put few layers of aquaseal on a crotch and arm peat areas , otherwise harness just kills stitching and trilam..
so total cost of
$225 plus pb 300 glue, aquaseal, MEK and bunch of elbow grease .
Now i have perfectly usable dry suit.., and only one question remains why wouldnt DUI do the same to begin with?