Semi Dry Suit

Semi Dry Suit

Its time to return to some of the myths associated with Dry Suits and give a great understanding of what they are.

  • Dry suits keep you warm - WRONG!
    The dry suit itself does not really keep you warm, heat is gained by what you wear under your drysuit. Usually people wear clothes for polar or other keep warm.
  • A dry suit can cause you to have an uncontrolled ascent - MOBY
    It is technically possible but unlikely with adequate training on the proper use of a wetsuit should not happen.
  • A dry suit will make you dive 'feet' - FALSE
    Air lift to the highest point on the limit space within the dry suit, but with proper training divers are taught to control this. Also There are products to help this as leggings.
  • Dry suits are difficult to apply and remove - FALSE
    Dry suits are no different than using a suit and with practice, this will be easy, learn from others on simple methods and tips.
  • Neoprene that allows better neck / wrist seals - FALSE
    Neoprene seals are durable, they are much harder to get in and out. When the neoprene diving depth is compressed and will not provide as good thermal insulation and other materials. Using a high quality seal latex is the preferred material for most divers using dry suits because they are more comfortable and will last for years if well cared for.
  • Dry suits are not suitable for beginners - FALSE
    This is not right, if your training from day one with a dry suit naturally and you'll be fine. Dry suits are used by a wide range of professional divers and beginners are used based on environment instead of skill level.
  • If my dry suit gets a hole and flooding, I will be pulled to the bottom - FALSE
    This is not true that by using Archimedes' Principle, when the dry suit is in the water only lose a small amount of its total volume, body and tank / etc still move a lot of water, which means you will be near neutral buoyant.
  • A dry suit is not too dry, its semi-dry - FALSE
    There is really no such thing as a semi dry suit, who are in a wetsuit or drysuit. A dry suit is the intention of keeping it completely dry, poor installation only if the ingress of water.
  • Dry suits require the use of much more weight, and cause drag - FALSE
    The drag caused by a well equipped, modern suit is almost insignificant compared to drag caused by the rest of the team Diving in use. The amount of weight will depend on the specific thermal requirements needed (ie how underwear, etc).
  • Dry suits are only for the extremely cold water - FALSE
    A dry suit is for thermal protection, you can adjust the amount of protection heat on the basis of what underwear you wear. So therefore it can be used in a range of water temperatures.
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    admin posted at 2009-2-15 Category: Scuba Equipment

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