Which 5/4 Wetsuit

5/4? was never a fan of anything other the xcel or Patagonia for the winter I have old hyperflex and bodyglove gloves and booties seams never really lasted I pretty much only use them as back ups if I go out twice in a day

 

5/4/3. So far, sub 50 water and as of late, sub 40 air temp (not incl windchill factor), and I've been toasty. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it's holding up, as I'm assuming water temp is going to drop in a hurry. I got it for a smoking deal, couldn't pass it up if I had to, and you wouldn't believe me if I told you. So far so good though, toight like a toiger, no cold spots, zipper might as well be sealed. Dries ****ing fast too, hung it in the shower after a quick ring inside out, flipped it a few hours later and the outside was basically bone dry. It's nice if you don't change before the ride home if you're in a hurry, tossed a towel on the seat and I was good to go. Outside was dry for the most part. As stated, the outside of this suit hates water.

 

Quick ring inside out, do you mean you rung it out as you would twist a soaked towel to get it from waterlogged to just damp? If so, that's not needed and is probably not great for the seams or the rubber.

5/4 is more than adequate right now. It's still 4/3 weather in NE for most people, and a 5/4 should be real warm. Heck, I sweat in mine in the dead of winter until I get washed out or feet get waterlogged.

Question for those familiar with custom-made suites: do they ever make them with feet intact as well so you wouldn't need boots and just get the foot to your shoe size? That would solve a ton of issues, though I'm sure it wouldn't be easy or cheap to make. We've talked about custom suites on here before and they didn't seem to be too expensive and it's obviously advantageous to have a custom fit.

 

I meant to write rinse. Dang phone. Quick rinse, so at the time it was fresh water soaked. I was impressed, maybe 6 hours total and it was bone dry. Come to think of it, might have even been quicker. I'm a dummy, lazy, and as we speak my suite is in my trunk soaked from today's session.

I'll have it in tomorrow AM, ill rinse it and hang it before class. Report of dry time shortly thereafter.

 

My Drylock is just about dry in much less time than that. Could do the double sesh no problem.

 

Good grief, do y'all live at the beach? My suits never dry. I haven't surfed in a week and my boots are still wet. I could maybe get them to dry if I stuffed them full of newspaper. When I pulled out my 4/3 this fall and turned it right side out it was damp, and that's after maybe 3 months. My bath mat has been wet for two years.

And on topic, I like the O'Neill Heat line, O'Neill stuff fits me, and I guess you give up some flexibility with the cheaper stuff, but I don't feel like I'm going to put my thumb through my suit trying to get it on.

 

sbx, I actually do live at the beach. But the suite dries real fast indoors. Boots are a whole different issue, but there's a way to hang them over the edge of your tub/shower facing inward so they drain and air out quicker. Hang dry the suite on a pole running across the top of your shower (like a second curtain rod) and the newer suites should dry fairly fast.

 

You guys should get a boot dryer. It's 40 bucks or something cheap & it is some of the best money that I've layed out for surf gear.
Rinse the boots, let them drip off outside then onto the boot dryer. No stench & nice & dry in a few hours. Dries gloves & lobstah mitts, too.

sbx, in reading about your living conditions you sound like a pretty moldy dood, it must be said.

 

I know you hate me and all:

I have snowboard boot driers. Will they work? They run a bit hot, not sure if the booties will hold up.

 

Ive put my wetsuit on the Dryer but on a no Heat Air cycle just to give it a quick dry when its damp

 

Nothing has ever dried in my bathroom, ever.

 

Did you really, actually describe yourself as "built" skidmark?
Ugh. Totally lame, but worse things await you than mere critical words.

You see......now you've gone & done fired him up: waynetheinsaaaaane is roaring your way in the windowless white van of duct tape & doom.

 

Recall this being talked about before. Sounds like a good buy. What brand/model on that yankee? I may look to invest.

 

Read that fast and thought it said "died". I thought "Good! Hope nothing ever dies in your bathroom bro!"

 

Well skinny, fat, or built. I think someone with larger arms/legs/chest fit a suite different than someone same weight and without the same physique. Giving a size idea for the suite.

But I digress, way to derail the thread bukkake boy.

 

Suites with feeties.. I'm down. how would we dry them though?

 

I lived in Wilmington, NC for a while, in a bungalow close to downtown. For a couple of weeks in the spring I thought the place smelled, and whenever I had people over I would ask them if it smelled, but everyone always said it was fine, so I thought I was going crazy. Until one day, I moved the couch that was hanging out in a spare room, and underneath was a mostly decomposed possum, I can only imagine that it climbed in the window one night, was attacked by my dog, and crawled under the couch to die.

Regarding my present living situation, my bathroom is maybe 5' x 8', has no windows, and has an exhaust fan that I believe just vents into my neighbor's bungalow, as I can smell her cigarette smoke through it occasionally. And I have to keep the bathroom door closed to keep my kid from drowning in the toilet or licking the plunger or something. So nothing dries. Sometimes I put stuff outside, but then I worry about some degenerate stealing it, or the sun breaking down the neoprene, and I bring it back in. Such is life.

 

As any suite dries - inside out and upside down.

...unless you're in sbx's water closet, and then you have to worry about post-mortem vermin.

 

Not sure why I thought it would be more complicated than that. Either way.. That's something that should be created.

 

my suite is drying on the clothesline in the backyard.
there are 6 in. icicles dangling from it.
its NOT dry and feels like cardboard.