Soggy
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Thalassamania:I know how hard it is to clearly consider long held dogmas, I used to share this one, but I've been persuaded to change my view.
It's not a long held dogma. I've used a neoprene drysuit. It requires more gas the deeper you go. That is a fact. More gas in your suit makes a bubble in the suit that is more difficult to manage. With a shell suit the volume in the suit is constant. With a neoprene suit, it isn't. The neoprene compresses and either you compensate with more gas in the suit or more gas in the wing. Either way, your rig is not balanced, especially if you are diving steel doubles since you require more weight at the bottom than at the surface.
It is warmer, I'll give you that, but with a good undergarment that extra warmth is unimportant.
This is such a minor point in the DIR world that I can't believe I'm even arguing about it. I'm confident in my reasons (and that of the WKPP and GUE) for not using neoprene drysuits, and you're happy with using a neoprene suit and that's really all that matters.