Dry suit zip - Q&A?

[Mr T.]

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[Far_X]

Originally Posted by Paul Beal

Divers Warehouse (Otter) certainly recommend storing your suit with the zip open. My first one broke on both sides of the zip when I zipped it up and then put it in the boot of the car with a load of kit - DW reckoned that is what it was. Mine does seem to keep breaking -  I am on my fourth zip in nearly 2 years, probably due to squashing kit into the car boot. They are fragile little buggers!

Paul

Well this is the REAL problem!!! Your little cars! Get yourself an SUV and you don't have to cram stuff in.

[jptaylor9]

Hang my O3 up using an Oceanic "Shoulder Saver" hanger with zip closed. Hangs in our nice new fitted wardrobe's, much to the wifes displeasure!

[Mandlebrot]

I will be storing my nice to Otter britannic with the zip open in its bag This is the way the manual states it should be left whilst being stored or transported in a bag.

[Decodiver]

Zips work by compression. Store them permanently compressed and they will lose their compressability over time.

So for me it is always 'zip open'

Cheers

Dave Cooper

[DIVE BUDDHA]

i hang mine by the boots upside down in the closet under the stairs with the zip open to let it air any moisture inside

[edward]

hung up by feet in loft, zip open. avoids the 'minging interior' syndrome. BTW it's a ND cortex.

[eddy]

Zip closed, Dry suit upside down on a hanger.

[greekbird]

i never asked polar bears when i got mine...doesnt stay stored for long anyway...but even when it is, it's normally layed on top of other diving things in the cupboard under the stairs...
it's a diagonal zip across the front so even if hung open, there's not a lot of stress of the ends of the zip. it sits better on the hanger if closed tho.
IMHO if i was to put it in its bag i would have it closed as it gives it more strength, less likelihood of it getting bent (no pun intended ) when stored.
i may very well be wrong tho...

[Allan Carr]

I made hangers for our suits from PVC waste pipe. They come in three bits - two straight bits of pipe and a connector. They are short enough when dismantled to fit inside our ND wheeled dive bags but reach almost to the wrist seals when assembled. This spreads the load all along the arms and reduces the strain on the zips.