Polar Bear - which wrist seals?

[Dangerous Dan]

Evening all,

I'm in the process of ordering a Polar Bears Explorer suit and am having problems deciding which wrist seals to go for.

Options are:

Manchettes
Ordinary Seals
Cuff Rings

Any thoughts would be grateful,

Cheers,

Dan

[Steve Jones]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dan

Evening all,

I'm in the process of ordering a Polar Bears Explorer suit and am having problems deciding which wrist seals to go for.

Options are:

Manchettes
Ordinary Seals
Cuff Rings

Any thoughts would be grateful,

Cheers,

Dan

I went for the long Manchette seal...for what it's worth. More contact and less leaks, well thats the theory.

Steve

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

I went for the long Manchette seal...for what it's worth. More contact and less leaks, well thats the theory.

Steve

Aye, it's a theory.

[MarkP]

Manchettes.

[Dangerous Dan]

Originally Posted by MarkP

Manchettes.

Any specific reason why?

Cheers,

Dan

[RichardC]

I used the cuff rings on my old suit.

Advantages are:

Easy to change seal yourself.
Different seal designs available (tapered, parallel, large, small, etc.)
Works with dry glove system.
Stops your dive computer coming off your wrist

I actually fitted the rings to my Asdry myself because my girlfriend had them on her Polar Bear. It was easier if we both had the same.

Cheers

Rich

[MarkP]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dan

Any specific reason why?

Cheers,

Dan

Long contact patch, as Steve said. Also, there seems to be more give for the sleeves, enabling them to ride up and down without pulling at the seals.

I have a set of manchettes, with another cut down set over the top. The cut down set are for when I want to use dry gloves - ie for the next four months. I use the second set of seals as I didn't want to stretch the inners.

I would avoid heavy duty seals. Been there, prefer standard weight.

Works for me. Good luck!

[Treerat]

I use the ring sysem on my suit, allows me to carry spares and change should one go one a trip.

Manchettes are better for hollow risted people as there is more latex against the skin, my old suit had standards and to be fair they were fine.

I'd go for the ring system as you can fix them your self.
Andy

[Dangerous Dan]

Cheers for the help everyone, I have decided the cuff rings mainly for the option of using drygloves in the future,

Cheers,

Dan

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dan

Cheers for the help everyone, I have decided the cuff rings mainly for the option of using drygloves in the future,

Cheers,

Dan

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Not the cuff rings! They're a f*cking nuisance for getting in and out of a harness! I hate the b*stardly things.

The minute I can be arsed, I'm getting the bloody things removed.

Don't do it.