Dry suit for a novice diver

[Mandlebrot]

Get down to the warehouse and try on some otters, really good suits with excellent customer service.

Whatever you decide stay the hell away from go dive and northern diver, really shite suits and really really shite customer service.

[sean0801]

Just wanted to thank everyone for the advice, i've decided that on recommendations alone i'll be buying from diverswarehouse (and because i bought my BCD and regs from there and had no complaints with the service)

My limited diving so far has been on holiday in a wetsuit (which i prefer) and at Caperwray and wast in a membrane dry (btw, i am quite happy in a wetsuit down to about 9 or 10 degrees-much to the amusement of instructors and buddies). Having never dived in a compressed neoprene dry, i think i need to try this before buying my own. What is the difference in thermal properties and the buoyency between the 2 trypes of suit? Also, is one better than the other in terms of restriction of movement?

Thanks for your patience on this, much appreciated. :-)