RE: [Paddlewise] 1 vs 2 piece dry suits

Woody- I have been raised in the 1 piece camp.  If I'm going to wear a dry
suit, I want to be dry.  Period.  When the water temp is 40 or so, I don't
even like the idea that a 2 pc suit may leak.  My personal experience has
shown me that the 1 piece does not leak.  Whether I'm in the water for 2
minutes or 20.  Whether I'm wading in the waterway or swimming around.  When
paddling during less extreme seasons, I have wear fuzzy rubber if needed,
unless its mid summer in which case its capilene, polypro, etc.  My one
universal piece of clothing that I always take along regardless of the
season is my Storm Cag.  It holds off the wind & rain.
Debbie Reeves
Sandy Hook, NJ 

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> From: 	Robert Woodard[SMTP:woodardr_at_tidalwave.net]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 30, 1999 4:11 PM
> To: 	Paddlewise
> Subject: 	[Paddlewise] 1 vs 2 piece dry suits
> 
> An 'almost' related thread on dry suits: Does anyone have an opinion of a
> 1
> piece vs a 2 piece dry suit? A two piece suit would seem to me to be the
> most convienient. I just can't see a 2 piece being very water tight. It
> looks like it would have to be cinched up tight enough around the waist to
> make you turn blue. Or am I missing something?
> 
> I'd like to buy a two piece because of all the combinations I could then
> have with wearing other clothes with it (wet suit, semi-dry top, etc), but
> I'm afraid it would end up being just semi-dry (i.e. wet with less water
> flushing through it than a wet suit), and I already have a semi-dry combo
> I
> wear over my wet suit.
> 
> I've also seen a 2 piece pant/top combo where the pant top and the inner
> tunnel of the dry top rolled together. Any experience with that?
> 
> And finally: Best time to buy? Is spring a good time when people are
> trying
> to clear their winter stocks? Summer?
> 
> 
> Woody
> 
> 
> 
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