Latex neck seal

[ralphg]

Originally Posted by nickb

The Apollo Bio-Seal will sort you out and they are very comfortable to wear.

The MAJOR drawback is that they will rot the latex and you need to scrupulously clean the neck seal after every use.

If you're planning to change the seal, you have nothing to lose but the price of a Bio-Seal if you give one a try beforehand.

Yes there does seem to be a problem with latex seals and the bio-seal.

I have always had a problem with leaky wrist seals, skinny wrists, prominant tendons, a complete pain everytime when winding reels etc. I got some bio wrist seals and low and behold totally dry arms no matter what strenuous wrist action was undertaken.

I was aware of the potential problems with latex seals rotting and washed my fairly new, heavy duty seals after every dive, however if not washed immediately the edge of the latex seal would 'curl'. This worked reasonably well for about 10 dives. Then I went on a liveaboard in mull for 5 days. Difficult to wash the seals quite so well. 4th day, wrist seal split when taking it off, I am certain that this was due to the bio-seal. The last day was saved by one of my buddies with an old seal from his suit, large amounts of glue and gaffer tape....what a fine man!

Personally I now use neo neck seals, get no leaks and no longer look like I have been garroted after every dive. With the wrist seals will try to leave the new ones a little tighter and keep the wrist action to the minimum.

Ralph

[edward]

My wife had exactly the same problem with her latex neck seal after she used a bio-seal for a few months - it split from top to bottom as she was putting it on before a dive. The long-term solution was a neo neck seal in our case.