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December 20th, 2005, 09:11 PM
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| Mask? Oh yes, I thought it was cold....  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orpington, Kent
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   | Which Drysuit? My redundancy cheque arrived today and I have decided to invest it wisely i.e. overdraft, credit card bill, fundies course and a dry suit. Now the question is - which dry suit? I am considering getting one made to measure by Hammonds (who are about 5 mins from where I live) but know very little about them. Does anyone own a Hammond suit? And if I get one made what should I include? Or has anyone got a better suggestion? DUI are too expensive for me - so what are the alternatives? Any help would be really appreciated. Last edited by MJH; December 20th, 2005 at 09:33 PM. |
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December 21st, 2005, 10:13 AM
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| Cave is fun :)  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sweden - Stockholm
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| Northgear or Dive Rite... You have several good quality suits to look for. Northgear is one of them and then of course you have the Dive Rite 905 or the Polarsafety. These dry suits are very common here in Sweden and Finland. Extremely durable and strong, easy to maintain. I have hade my Nortgear 6100 since 2002 and I have not done anything to it and it almost looks new. The Northgear can be ordered in both back zip and front zip. Not to expensive, a Northgear and a Dive Rite can be bough for about 1000$/850 Euro...here in Sweden. If you want more information regarding the suits try to googel for the suit name and you will find plenty, or you can give these gays a call and they will tell you everything you want to know and can for sure give you a good price. www.trimix.se Regards Mats
__________________ GUE: DIR-Fundamentals, Cave 1, Cave 2 NAUI: Trimix 1, Technical diver, Instructor, DM, Wreck penetration, Oxygen service technician IANTD: Advanced Nitrox, Nitrox Various: Apeks tech, Poseidon tech "Doing it right really means to do it properly. No skimping and no compromises. It sounds easy enough but it is not - it requires balls of steel" Peter Steinhoff |
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December 21st, 2005, 12:37 PM
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| andersbomholdt.dk  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by MJH) My redundancy cheque arrived today and I have decided to invest it wisely i.e. overdraft, credit card bill, fundies course and a dry suit. Whatever you do - get it MTM!!!Or has anyone got a better suggestion? DUI are too expensive for me - so what are the alternatives? I would recommend the Otter Britannic. It seems like a very durable material that remains a reasonable flexibility + they do a good job with the MTM (at least on my suit) Alltough I do have those wet dreams about the super light and flexible TLS 350, so I guess that will be my next suit :D Cheers Anders By the way: You might want to check out the Ursuit Heavy Light - their material is similar to the DUI. (www.ursuit.com) I think some of the Norwegian DIR-divers use those? Last edited by anders; December 21st, 2005 at 12:39 PM. |
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December 21st, 2005, 12:48 PM
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| New Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by anders) By the way: You might want to check out the Ursuit Heavy Light - their material is similar to the DUI. (www.ursuit.com) And of course us here in Finland (where this suit is made in). :DI think some of the Norwegian DIR-divers use those? -- Aki |
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