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| Originally Posted by Silent Diver Avoid Oceanic like the plague if you have any problems with there suits you will end up fighting for ages to get repairs/replacements or refunds and thats if you can get them to admit they made a crap suit in the first place.
My brand new Aerdura leaked like a sieve and it took trading standards to sort it out in the end.
A friends brand new Flexia came with the wrong size boots on it and it ended up being sent back 6 times before they got it supposedly right and even then it leaked on both feet they ended up getting a refund but that took ages. |
I had a totally different experience with them. I have an Oceanic Flexia and I love it. I'm 5'8'' and I'm not posting my weight on the web
but size 12-14ish with size 6 feet and their medium-tall off the shelf fits me fine. When it arrived all appeared to be fine but the first time I dived it, it leaked. I was very unimpressed! Some more knowledgeable people than me from my club figured out that the inflate valve had been cross threaded when it was screwed in - it had damaged the valve sufficiently that screwing it back in correctly still led to a damp dive.
I called Oceanic - they apologised and asked me to return it. I sent it off and called a few days later to see how they were doing - I told them I needed it to go diving at the weekend and it duly arrived fixed and dry the day before I needed it. I really can't fault them.
My only caution would be that the nice warm neoprene neck baffle thing means the neck seal can't be easily changed and it has to be sent off to Oceanic at silly cost. A friend who got hers at the same time had a neoprene neck seal put on so she didn't have to change it so often and I think that was a wise move. I have also managed to nick mine in the leg but a blob of aquasure has sorted that - I'm not sure if this suggests that it's not the toughest fabric out there though? Oh, and it doesn't have a zip cover which doesn't seem to have caused a problem to far but is probably a good idea.
It does however co-ordinate with my overall blue and black kit colour scheme - see my oh, so flattering profile pic!
