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Old 31-12-07, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard Mason
if they are willing to do this with their membranes, as I note that the standard colour scheme for diving d/s on ther website is combinations of black/blue/red, neither of which are particularly good underwater.
When i went up there and discussed colours basically they can do it in lots of different, yellow and red were an option.
HOWEVER, the point was made that bright colours will fade fairly quickly in the sun/salt and become pale. The result is a suit that looks a bit tattier and not as effective as you'd hope visibility wise in the medium term.
But yes they seem to make all the fire and rescue surface drysuits etc in yellow and red.

Used my ND drygloves on first all day/sea test and great. 10 seconds to don/doff and warmish hands to boot. Far better than the 10 minutes per latex seal dry glove and always one wet hand due to getting it wrong
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