Actually there is a significant difference...pressure. At the annual dive show, one of the neoprene manufacturers had a display of samples of various brands of neoprene in a pressure chamber. As the pressure was increased to 3 atmospheres, equivalent to 100 feet (an average depth) the neoprene samples collapsed, some to a 10th or less of their original thickness. The best neoprene designed for scuba has a much higher percentage of rubber then neoprene made for surface sports. Consequently, it tends to be more expensive. The best neoprene tends to be made by Yamato or Rubatex. There are a number of others. You may consider the suits that include additives like titanium, which reflect heat and produce more warmth from thinner materials. You can also get neoprene with kevlar instead of nylon covering for hard wear areas, not an issue with divers. Another issue is that divers don't sit a lot, unless they blew it... cya >>> She doesn't know from kayaking, though -- she's a diver. I know that the thickness of the material is one of the differences we're looking for between a diving suit and kayaking suit, but are there other issues? I mean, if I'm going to have a custom wetsuit, I might as well have it custom made for purpose, as well as fit. Your ideas, please. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 07 2000 - 10:58:40 PDT
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