wet or dry suit?

Hi.

I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK South
Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on the web
for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The majority
seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out which are a
couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can try the suits
on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some independent advice.

Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood
would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry suit
necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what I want
to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me.

I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and either
the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure which
route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a problem but I
can't afford both at the moment.

thanks for any advice.

Neil

harikeo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK South
> Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on the web
> for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The majority
> seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out which are a
> couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can try the suits
> on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some independent advice.
>
> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood
> would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry suit
> necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what I want
> to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me.
>
> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and either
> the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure which
> route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a problem but I
> can't afford both at the moment.
>
> thanks for any advice.
>
>
>
> Neil
>
Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit.
Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit.
Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit.
hth

harikeo wrote

> Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which
> is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for
> me.

The answer to your question is included in the question itself.

Lee

Doh wrote

> Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit.

Or overboard discharge for your drysuit.

In article <5frqpeF3dpoeaU1@mid.individual.net>, Doh <doh@microsoft.com>
writes
>harikeo wrote:
>> Hi.
>> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK
>>South Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on
>>the web for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The
>>majority seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out
>>which are a couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I
>>can try the suits on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some
>>independent advice.
>> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood
>>would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry
>>suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is
>>what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me.
>> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and
>>either the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure
>>which route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a
>>problem but I can't afford both at the moment.
>> thanks for any advice.
>> Neil
>>
>Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit.
>Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit.
>Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit.
>hth
>

"P" zip in your dry suit?

Thinks must get one fitted.
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

Lee Bell wrote:
> harikeo wrote
>
>> Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which
>> is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for
>> me.
>
> The answer to your question is included in the question itself.
>
> Lee
>
>

Yeah I kind of knew that

but I've read that people use the Lontra in
9.5C with no problems with cold and wanted to see if others have had any
problems with it.

I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask
about locally.

cheers

Neil

Doh wrote:
> harikeo wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK
>> South Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on
>> the web for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The
>> majority seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out
>> which are a couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can
>> try the suits on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some
>> independent advice.
>>
>> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood
>> would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry
>> suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what
>> I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me.
>>
>> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and
>> either the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure
>> which route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a
>> problem but I can't afford both at the moment.
>>
>> thanks for any advice.
>>
>>
>>
>> Neil
>>
> Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit.
Yes all year
> Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit.
Yes probably
> Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit.
Yes

Dry suit it is then by the looks of it

Thanks for the replies from everyone

harikeo wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK South
> Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on the web
> for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The majority
> seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out which are a
> couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can try the suits
> on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some independent advice.
>
> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood
> would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry suit
> necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what I want
> to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me.
>
> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and either
> the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure which
> route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a problem but I
> can't afford both at the moment.
>
> thanks for any advice.
>
>
>
> Neil
>
I really should have also added
Do you want a much easier to use bouyancy device than a BCD : drysuit

"harikeo" <harikeo@home.com> wrote in message
news:f7ai8d$25i$1@energise.enta.net...
> Lee Bell wrote:
>> harikeo wrote
>>
>>> Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit
>>> which is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole
>>> day for me.
>>
>> The answer to your question is included in the question itself.
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>
> Yeah I kind of knew that

but I've read that people use the Lontra in
> 9.5C with no problems with cold and wanted to see if others have had any
> problems with it.
>
>
> I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask
> about locally.

I know this is NOT a bring-and-buy stall, but how big/small are you? I have
a membrane dry suit here in quite good nick (last time I looked) which
hasn't seen any action for a while, my having turned into a not-in-the-UK
diver.

Email me at:
kenATscorpionfishDOTfreeserveDOTcoDOTuk if interested. Meanwhile I'll see if
it's in useable condition still.

Ken

Ken wrote:

>>
>> I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask
>> about locally.
>
> I know this is NOT a bring-and-buy stall, but how big/small are you? I have
> a membrane dry suit here in quite good nick (last time I looked) which
> hasn't seen any action for a while, my having turned into a not-in-the-UK
> diver.
>
> Email me at:
> kenATscorpionfishDOTfreeserveDOTcoDOTuk if interested. Meanwhile I'll see if
> it's in useable condition still.
>
> Ken
>
>
>

YGM

	#1
harikeo	wet or dry suit? Hi. I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK South Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on the web for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The majority seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out which are a couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can try the suits on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some independent advice. Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me. I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and either the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure which route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a problem but I can't afford both at the moment. thanks for any advice. Neil

	#2
Doh	Re: wet or dry suit? harikeo wrote: > Hi. > > I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK South > Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on the web > for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The majority > seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out which are a > couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can try the suits > on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some independent advice. > > Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood > would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry suit > necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what I want > to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me. > > I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and either > the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure which > route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a problem but I > can't afford both at the moment. > > thanks for any advice. > > > > Neil > Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit. Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit. Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit. hth

	#3
Lee Bell	Re: wet or dry suit? harikeo wrote > Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which > is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for > me. The answer to your question is included in the question itself. Lee

	#4
Lee Bell	Re: wet or dry suit? Doh wrote > Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit. Or overboard discharge for your drysuit.

	#5
Mick Whittingham	Re: wet or dry suit? In article <5frqpeF3dpoeaU1@mid.individual.net>, Doh <doh@microsoft.com> writes >harikeo wrote: >> Hi. >> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK >>South Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on >>the web for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The >>majority seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out >>which are a couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I >>can try the suits on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some >>independent advice. >> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood >>would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry >>suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is >>what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me. >> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and >>either the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure >>which route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a >>problem but I can't afford both at the moment. >> thanks for any advice. >> Neil >> >Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit. >Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit. >Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit. >hth > "P" zip in your dry suit? Thinks must get one fitted. -- Mick Whittingham 'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.' William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

	#6
harikeo	Re: wet or dry suit? Lee Bell wrote: > harikeo wrote > >> Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which >> is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for >> me. > > The answer to your question is included in the question itself. > > Lee > > Yeah I kind of knew that but I've read that people use the Lontra in 9.5C with no problems with cold and wanted to see if others have had any problems with it. I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask about locally. cheers Neil

	#7
harikeo	Re: wet or dry suit? Doh wrote: > harikeo wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I'm about to buy my first suit which is going to be used along UK >> South Coast and various other locations in UK. I've been looking on >> the web for reviews and advice but I get conflicting information. The >> majority seem to say that it is best to buy a dry suit straight out >> which are a couple of hundred more than the wetsuit I'm looking. I can >> try the suits on but the shop may be biased so I'm after some >> independent advice. >> >> Could anyone tell me if a 7mm Cressi Lontra 07 with the jacket/hood >> would be warm enough for dives down to about 30 metres? Or is a dry >> suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit which is what >> I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole day for me. >> >> I'm thinking about buying a cheap 3mm LOMO suit for pool use and >> either the Lontra 07 or a dry suit for out in the sea but I am unsure >> which route to go down. The extra couple of hundred £'s isn't a >> problem but I can't afford both at the moment. >> >> thanks for any advice. >> >> >> >> Neil >> > Do you intend diving all year? - Dry suit. Yes all year > Will you have to sit around in the wind between dives? - dry suit. Yes probably > Can you only go 20 minutes between pisses? - wet suit. Yes Dry suit it is then by the looks of it Thanks for the replies from everyone

	#9
Ken	Re: wet or dry suit? "harikeo" <harikeo@home.com> wrote in message news:f7ai8d$25i$1@energise.enta.net... > Lee Bell wrote: >> harikeo wrote >> >>> Or is a dry suit necessary given that I do feel the cold quite a bit >>> which is what I want to avoid as I think being cold would ruin the whole >>> day for me. >> >> The answer to your question is included in the question itself. >> >> Lee >> >> > > Yeah I kind of knew that but I've read that people use the Lontra in > 9.5C with no problems with cold and wanted to see if others have had any > problems with it. > > > I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask > about locally. I know this is NOT a bring-and-buy stall, but how big/small are you? I have a membrane dry suit here in quite good nick (last time I looked) which hasn't seen any action for a while, my having turned into a not-in-the-UK diver. Email me at: kenATscorpionfishDOTfreeserveDOTcoDOTuk if interested. Meanwhile I'll see if it's in useable condition still. Ken

	#10
harikeo	Re: wet or dry suit? Ken wrote: >> >> I think I'll pop along to a local store and try some one and have an ask >> about locally. > > I know this is NOT a bring-and-buy stall, but how big/small are you? I have > a membrane dry suit here in quite good nick (last time I looked) which > hasn't seen any action for a while, my having turned into a not-in-the-UK > diver. > > Email me at: > kenATscorpionfishDOTfreeserveDOTcoDOTuk if interested. Meanwhile I'll see if > it's in useable condition still. > > Ken > > > YGM