Drysuit Measurement Problem

[scubadoo]

I am in the process of buying my first drysuit. My club buys thems through a distributor for all members at a discount price for group orders, off the peg only.

I want to buy the Membrane version. From the the size chart, I measured up around Medium Large Short (M/L/Sht) & Medium Large (M/L).

I am 5'7¾" in height and 12st,4lb weight. With the M/L/Sht size, the height range ends at 5'7" and with the M/L size, it starts at 5'8".

I tried on both drysuits that belong to my friends with a 200 gram undersuit and they were both fine except the only difference was 2" more in legs and 1" in Arms with the Med/Large. I did all the exercises to test them out for any restrictions without any problem. It's just that the M/L is a bit loose in leg and slight in arms. Both suits are the same in body loop, chest, waist, etc.

I talked with Distributor about this and they recommended the M/L. I dunno, maybe they are thinking that I am going to grow or put on more weight.

Some of the guys who bought the M/L and are 5'10" in height say that it's baggy in legs for them.

Am I right in say that the drysuit should be as streamlined as possible!

Does anybody have any good advice to what suit I should choose! I would appreciate any help.

Thanks Ro.

[Tricky]

Your drysuit shouldn't really be too baggy - this leads to issues with air migration. It can be a problem if a suits fits too tightly though, particularly if it's a tight fit without your undersuit on. I was lucky enough that my last suit - an O'Three Medium Tall, could have been made-to-measure for me and it came off the peg. My current suit is a DUI (M) and it's a little baggy although I haven't tried it with a proper undersuit on. I hope it's not too much of an issue as it's an expensive mistake to make if it is.

If the suit really doesn't fit in stock sizes, you should consider MTM or a different brand. It's no good if you buy a suit that doesn't fit just to save money. Your suit is not a place to cut corners.