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I really like my Fourth Element stuff, so much so I wanted to deal direct. I got fobbed off for 18 months before I gave up. Even speaking to one of the directors several times, who I knew vaguely, at the dive shows with promises of emails etc. I found it so rude that they never contacted me like they said they would I now bypass the stand.I have Fourth Element xerotherms but they're insufficient on their own and Fourth Element products are ridiculously overpriced when compared to non-diving polartec fleece garments.
So I hunted and finally found an eBay seller in the US who had double-layer 200gsm polartec fleece one-piece undersuits for diving at roughly 1/3 of the cost of Fourth Element, even allowing for shipping to the UK, VAT and duty. That, combined with my existing xerotherms keeps me toasty plus, being a one piece, there's no ride-up leaving a cold patch on my back like you get with two piece undersuits. I notice Fourth Element have reverted to one-piece design for their new Halo 3D undersuit.