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]

Again, see your other post.

Multiple posts like this won't get your question answered any quicker, particularly when a large number of board members are at a YD gig at Stoney all weekend. Just be patient, people will respond

[ardhill]

Personally, I feel that legs which are too long are just dangerous. If you get too much air in your legs, the boots can come right off your feet if you are not careful, then you have no fining control. You are just a helpless blob in the water.

But, then again, long legs in a dry suit is a 'pet hate' of mine, so maybe I make more out of it than others would.

Of course, most dry suit repair places can deal with longs legs pretty easily. They just measure you up, remove the boots, cut some off the legs, then put the boots back on again. It will cost you to have that done, but if you are getting a decent discount anyway...
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