[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] > Brad Crain wrote: > I've been avoiding buying a drysuit because I have heard > the neck and wrist gaskets have to be replaced frequently, > which seems like a terrible inconvenience. Are there drysuits > that actually hold up for extended periods? How good is your dry suit gasket kharma? Mine seems to be not so good. Latex on my skim just doesn't last very long and I've tried meticulous cleaning followed by judicious 303 appliction and I still break gaskets usually in the middle of a long trip out in the middle of nowhere. And it appears the latex degrades while stored even in double layer black garbage bags. I notice the local paddle shop has some dry tops with neo neck gaskets which I have not tried yet but would like to. -mike -- mike Dziobak Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr. 870 Dow Bldg. Houghton, MI 49931 Tel:906-487-3471 Fax:906-487-2943 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 24 2007 - 13:26:23 PDT
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