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Wetsuit advice and brands
diggerjoe  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 December 2011 12:51:57 PM(UTC)
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Hi all,

I was looking at getting a couple of wetsuits,one for warmer temperatures and one when its cold.

I was interested in the full body wetsuit.

Never bought any before so any info would be useful.

The Warehouse is having a sale on the BodyGlove brand which looks like the warm temp wetsuits,

does anyone recommend or use this brand?
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Tuesday, 6 December 2011 1:43:43 PM(UTC)
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Everyone has different ideas and thats why everyone buys differently. They also buy for different reasons - a more efficient suit for colder climates and water would be suited to Otago conditions and a lighte rone for up north.

For years I used Moray 7mm wet suits and they were as good as you got and suited me even in snow melt water with both snow and ice on the banks - they were a three piece so trousers, jacket and hood.

My last suit was an Apollo 8mm and take it from me that they were just far too tiring - you wanted to walk with straight legs and you had to bend your arms against the jacket arms so that your arms wanted to sort of 'twang' back out straight - bending them to work was sort of tiring business!

It will be interesting what others who have had a great deal of experience with wet suits have to say because after all these years I am also think ing of getitng a new one to replace my Apollo which is nearly 'as new' due to the tiredness that quickly caught up with me wearing it for gold mining.
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