Jeremy wrote:I'm also curious about the semi-dry rant...
Well you're out of luck, I'm not longer feeling feisty. But basically, what's "dry" about it?...it's a wetsuit. Yes yes, I know, there's all these seals and special zippers and things...but in the end you get wet, and it's a wetsuit. And really the most important thing in a wetsuit is fit, because all the special features in the world won't keep you warm if your suit doesn't fit. I had this supposedly awesome, amazingly great, super warm suit once, but I could have hula hooped in the thing - there was that much empty space around my waist (yes, it was a ladies cut suit). I couldn't stay warm in 70 degree water in the Bahamas, let alone anything where I *actually* wanted to stay warm. I was wearing an empty weight belt (we called it a "scuba girdle") to keep the material bunched up a bit...and it didn't really help that much. Maybe it's because I'm a girl, but I've never found it to be true that semi-dry = warmer. I see that term as something manufacturers came up with to charge more money (and yes, the seals and zippers and all the other features...I know, I just don't agree with the association of all that being necessarily "better")
And drysuits...well, those aren't very appropriately named now either, are they?...At best they're mostly dry, or dry until you turn your head the wrong way, or dry except for the crotch leak...the list goes on. But no one asked about drysuits.
And yes, I do get feisty-er than that^
How embarrassing though that you all wore the same color...[/quote]
