Whites drysuit?

[pchanning]

Does anyone have one?

I'm interested in the 'Multi-Laminate ShellSocks (which are attached?) and the Internal 3mm Neoprene Softsocks'.

Are they like the DUI jobbies?

Any good?

Where and how much?

Fitted to other suits - cordura for example?

I would like to wear a simple set of wetsut booties over t'top of 'em. Thoughts?

Cheers
Paul

[DecoWarrior]

paul

i looked hard at whether to go whites or protec as i couldnt afford a quite frankly rediculously priced dui i asked a few people on a few forums and people i knew who had hese suits one happened to be a whites dealer in the tsates and advised me to avoid them like the plague when ihave senn them in the flash i find it a poor suit in quality standards and i am certainly glad i didnt part with my cash in that direction.....

[greekbird]

Originally Posted by DecoWarrior

paul

i looked hard at whether to go whites or protec as i couldnt afford a quite frankly rediculously priced dui i asked a few people on a few forums and people i knew who had hese suits one happened to be a whites dealer in the tsates and advised me to avoid them like the plague when ihave senn them in the flash i find it a poor suit in quality standards and i am certainly glad i didnt part with my cash in that direction.....

are you referring to the whole suit are just the socks bit? We're both after something that is similar to the dui neoprene sock type things and from what paul said white do something like that. (dui will not supply just the socks unfortunatelly which is a bit of a bugger)
i might be misunderstanding your post but do protec do something similar too?

[MartinS]

In case anyone's interested....
I watched someone try on a Whites suit (front entry) at the show on Sunday, and the guy (american - think may have been the boss) definitely knew his stuff. The suit has soft boots, and comes with a pair of neoprene socks, then a pair of laced 'shoes' go over the top. Nice design, a bit pricey (show price £750, normally >£1000), but if I had the money to spend I'd be tempted.
The guy was saying that his yearly returns rate is 1%, only uses Sitek valves and the suit is all bonded - no stitching.
As I said, I'd be tempted if I had mucho ££ to spend! Saying that, the O3 suits were nice too!
HTH
Martin

[DecoWarrior]

well i have spoke to one dive shop owner who stopped dealing with whites because the returns were so high when i was considering this he recommended complete avoidance now i know what kind of diving i do, i put all my kit to destruction basically i am a good crash tester of equiptment and he advised that i saved my money on the whits

to you guys thinking of the socks on protecs and alternatoives i know otter are doing a sock and turbo soles soon, and i think you can get the dui socks if you know who to ask if you are interested buzz me and i will get he details for wo to speak to about it

[calski]

Whilst I have no first hand experience of using a Whites Drysuit, the ones I saw at the show looked very well put together and rugged.

I happen to know that www.scubatoys.com (based in the US) stock these and they will ship to the UK with UPS. With the current rate of exchange, you might bag one a little under the show price... but...

However, you are more likely to get stung with the dreaded "import tax" (as I did!!!) which might make it more expensive...

ATB

calski