Re: [Paddlewise] Doug's Ultimate Drysuit

From: "Craig MacKinnon" <elroca_at_earthlink.net>

> In my breathable dry-suit, I never have pooling sweat. I do
> find typical sweat spots, which could only be more widespread in a
> non-breathable dry-suit.

My experience exactly.  My GoreTex dry suit remains unpuddled, while
my non-breathable Kokatat drytop gets puddles in the elbows and 
drizzles out the wrist gaskets when I open them.

Those puddles are much more annoying than the dampness in the drysuit.

While I won't disagree with Ralph's assestment on the cooling effect
of GoreTex (though I don't find it objectionable in practice - a
life threatening situation may change that perspective), I will disagree 
with his statement about the wind resistance.  I find I can inflate 
the dry suit and it stays inflated.  When I swim, it doesn't bubble.
And I spent a lot of time in the Great White North's winter winds
wearing GoreTex jackets without worrying about wind getting through.
Even my Activent (GoreLite :-) jacket is windproof while more breathable.
YMMV.

Mike

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