Help! MTM drysuit.

[Bougle]

I got home from work tonight to find my new MTM drysuit waiting for me; the nice people at Parcelforce delivered late when SWMBO was in. There was of course only one thing for it. Strip off in the living room, whip on the undersuit and dive in. God I wish I hadn't fixed the heating .

After a bit of struggle I'm all zipped up and not sure whether I should be hopping mad. I've just paid a small fortune for this my first ever drysuit and I'm not sure they've made it right . On the other hand it is my first ever and I could be barking . The thing is the legs do seem awfully long. Even with the crutch strap done right up my feet barely reach the neoprene socks let alone fit nice and snuggly in them. Struggling out of it I whipped out a tape measure. Now my inside leg is 27 1/2 inches. Measuring from the crotch to the top of the socks gave me 28" but they're not exactly ankle length socks and from the crotch to the top of the foot gives me 38 inches. Now am I mad or are the legs about ten inches too long? I appreciatte the suit need to give me some flexibility but I thought that was what the telescopic torso was for.

Please help me. Do I call up the company and shout blue murder or what?

[onthetrain]

I think someone has cocked up on the legs...

[Bougle]

Oh God! I just knew someone was going to say that.

Only one thing for it. Call the guys I bought it from and just hope they sent me someone else's suit in error. Otherwise it may be a long road ahead.

[Lou]

Undersuit on, drysuit on and squat right down on your hunkers. The legs should fit just ok when you do this. If they are still long when you do it they have stuffed up, I suspect, but try it first before you get despondent.

[Darren A]

Mate of mine used to have a telescopic DUI suit, and as I recall you have to pull the spare material up from around your legs up round your waist (like you're giving yourself a nuclear "drysuit wedgie"), and then fold the excess back over itself towards your feet, so you've got a double layer of material round your waist, then do the crouch strap up.

You then effectively have several inches of spare material round your waist, which is where the telescopic comes from. ie when you stretch it uses those few inches, and when you relax the spare bit folds back round your waist.

Sorry, but thats a really crap explanation of how I thought my buddy's suit worked. Maybe someone whos got one will be along soon to give clearer instructions!

Hope it fits eventually!!

Darren

[ratcliffe]

Just ring the shop and say "Erm I think you've cocked up" and see what happens

[onthetrain]

Originally Posted by Darren A

(like you're giving yourself a nuclear "drysuit wedgie"),
Darren

FAF that really made me laugh

[Bougle]

Thanks for all the above. I shall certainly be trying it on again tonight and doing the squatting/hunkering business. But as DarrenA said above the excess material should be around the waist as I thought; not dangling off the end of my foot. So in all honesty I'm not holding out too much hope.

Given that there seems to be an extra ten inches I can't help but wonder if some muppet has read 27 as 37 inches. Oh well. I'll let you all know how it works out in the end.

[Bougle]

OK. I've done all the squatting/hunkering business. As anticipated above all the necessary movement in the suit came from the telescopic waist. The legs have so much material in them that I can double them up over my boots so far that they almost reach the floor. Now this looks quite good in a pin-striped suit sort of way but I'm not convinced its right. Can any DUI types out there comment on this?

[hopper]

That's not very good, but look on the bright side, its better that there too long than too short!

IMHO (and I'm by no way an expert on drysuits) I wouldn't want an alteration to the suit. Surely the knee measurement is made in relation to the full trouser length and 10 inches is a long way out.

Good luck.