How to trim drysuit seals

[Jaaron82]

I’ll try the suit out this weekend and see how it goes

 

[0ctoman]

Just purchased my first drysuit and would like suggestions on methods used for determining how much to cut and how to cut seals properly. Thanks

1. I would expect the guys at the place where you purchase the DS would do it for you for free as a service for spending thousands of dollars at their shop
2. DIY, put the neck seal into a tank and cut with a brand new Gillette blade. Any other blade will do as long as it's new. For the wrist, load them into a glass bottle and use another brand new blade as well. Make sure to start cutting at the smallest/outside ring and try on. Keep cutting if necessary after trying on but, start again with the smallest/outside ring until the fit is right.

That's how I did mine after researching form different sources. It's important to do this in a well lighted place so you can see the rings on the latex material. Hope this help

 

[Jaaron82]

Dove the suit over the weekend, did three cave dives at peacock springs. Suited up and burped the suit then jumped in , started to feel water entering from the zipper area and got out as quickly as possible and to my surprise I had not closed the zipper 100% so I fixed that mistake and tried again. Dives went well and I stayed dry. I ended up not trimming any seals and honestly couldn’t even feel the neck or wrist seals once on the dive! Next up is to get a relief valve installed!