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| Originally Posted by Al_Star Hi Cod3r
The main issue with Neoprene (from a DIR viewpoint) is the change in buoyancy. As you descend the bubbles in the neoprene get compressed which means the suit is less buoyant at depth than at the surface. This means you need a lot of lead to sink at the start of the dive but once at depth you are then overweighted.
The reduction in bubbles also mean the suit provides less insulation as you go deeper.
You can avoid this with a compressed neoprene where all the bubbles are already small. 03 and DUI do suits like that - you get the extra warmth of Neoprene but don't have the change in buoyancy characteristics.
I've got a DUI CF200 at the mo having had a trimlam in the past and with the same undersuit I find it takes longer for me to get cold in the DUI.
Cheers
Al |
Coz your too busy posing to get cold now
