By Cameron Streutker (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #10) on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 3:03 pm: |
OK, so its just three weeks until we leave for our honeymoon and its time to purchase wetsuits. I am pretty sure that I will be comfy in a full 3mm suit and I have have a .5mm skin to go under that. My fiance on the other hand is a bit more complicated. She is very cold intolerant. We were considering getting a 5mm Henderson Hyperstretch suit for her. Does anyone think that is too much? My guess is that it probably just right with the compression that you get in those suits at depth.
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By seb schulherr (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #589) on Sunday, May 25, 2003 - 5:40 pm: |
Since I hear the Hyperstretch are a bit less insulating than a regular wetsuit or especially a "metal" or smooth core, you might be right. A neoprene cap helps a whole lot, even a polartec hoodie helps a lot.
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By Dennis Witt (BonaireTalker - Post #26) on Monday, May 26, 2003 - 9:37 am: |
My wife and I have switched to 5mm suits. As your wife, we don't like being cold. The 5mm have been fine. Keep us warm, especially seeing we do a lot of diving while we are there.
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By seb schulherr (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #590) on Monday, May 26, 2003 - 11:58 am: |
And in the unlikely event she gets too warm, she can just let in a little water!
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By seb schulherr (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #591) on Monday, May 26, 2003 - 11:59 am: |
Mary got a 3.5 mm full suit with a 3.5 mm step in, it seems to work for her, she can wear the step in if she thinks she will be cold.
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By Daniel Senie (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #245) on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 11:32 am: |
A 3mm beanie adds an incredible amount of warmth. In my 5mm, I've dived 70 degree water, with the beanie, and been just fine.
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By Philip Wansley (BonaireTalker - Post #51) on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 1:42 pm: |
I tried a beanie on my last trip, and it was quite possibly the most annoying thing I've ever done while diving (except for diving with a 1/4 inch hood). The exhaled bubbles kept getting trapped under the beanie, so I had this big ol' bulge on top of my head. Actually affected my bouyancy. I'd usually start out with it on, and pull it off part way through the dive.
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By Peggy Bowen (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #206) on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 5:22 pm: |
By all means put a hole in the top of the beanie(where the air is trapped). I also put a hole by each ear so I can hear on the surface. Hasn't made me any colder - I love the beanie!
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By JIM KENNEDY (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #108) on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 6:28 pm: |
When I went to Puerto Vallarta the first time diving all I had to wear was a 7mm jacket...the divemaster flipped out, not knowing what to make of it...It worked fine, just unzipped it a little and let the cool water flow in and than zipped it back up...
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By Christin Helander (BonaireTalker - Post #27) on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 8:46 pm: |
Don't freak out but I dive with a full 7mm O'Neill suit. I get VERY cold in water but love diving alot and need to stay warm to enjoy it. I also wear a 7mm Henderson Gold hood, and it does have a vent hole in the top! To each his own for temperature control, I have seen folks in t-shirts with full scuba gear and those like myself even though I know it is not the average for warmer water. I get colder as the dives add up and try to wear my old 3.5 suit with a 3mm vest over it and then change into the big thick, heavy, cumbersome 7mm for the rest of the day. It works for me!
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By Annie Pon (BonaireTalker - Post #24) on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 - 10:40 pm: |
Phil,
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By Gene J Grindler (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #3) on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 2:40 pm: |
By all means, poke a hole in the top. It doesn't even need to be a fancy, neat hole. Just stab it with your dive knife (NOT while it's on your head). Another thing that works for me, in fairly warm water I wear a "do rag". You wouldn't think a simple cotton 'handkerchief' would make any difference but I think it does and besides that it will keep the top of your head from getting sunburned if you haven't got a lot of natural protection (hair).
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By DIVER DEBBI (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #287) on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 10:21 pm: |
when I bought my brand new vest with hood,I also had bubblehead problems, and hated to cut into my new piece of equiptment, but a hole in the top worked well letting the air out...then I was having problems hearing, so I actually cut holes for my ears too..with a tuft of hair sticking out of the top and my ears out the side my husband says I look like a "tellatubby"....hmmmmm...they are cute are'nt they ? I cauterized the edges of the neoprene so they would'nt rip more with a hot dive tool..has stayed same shape so far
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By Cameron Streutker (BonaireTalker - Post #12) on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 - 1:35 am: |
A dive buddy of mine told me that he had the same problem and a cave diver he was talking to told him to heat a thing wire and burn a serious of very small hole along the top to allow the airt to escape. I will be doing that before I head to Bonaire in less than 2 weeks.
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