Since my rather unpleasant run-in with the current management of the Aquala ® Rubber Diving Suits, I mostly gave the field a large berth. Then I got to see some of the other makers' suits first hand, and figured they might be fun to try. Someone had already introduced me to Dave of Cover-Up, and I finally caught a blemished suit up at a reasonable price.
Seems we've jumped right into the thing! Appears to be a rather plain latex hood worn inside the Quintana Roo Full Suit. |
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Well, that wasn't so hard, I've head and sleeves in place already. Do you suppose my photographer offered any help? |
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 | It appears I spoke too soon! My fingers were through both wrist seals, but a lot of tugging was still to be done. To the left and right of us are parts of that struggle! |
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Well, this seems like progress! I'm getting the collar adjusted, so we must be getting close!
Can you dive in a SmokeEater's mask? Can you spell pretend? |
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| Ah, the Hot Tub! Just what one needs when already wearing both neoprene and "dry" insulation!! Guess we might as well play along for awhile. |
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Am I trying to decide whether it's cooler inside or out? Maybe it's all just relative, what then? |
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If you look carefuly on the suit's chest, you can see the blank area where one of the valves would be. Since this suit is a "blem", one isn't supposed to install valves. No one has mentioned any restriction on male bulges and the display thereof with respect to this suit, though.
There's a similar view taken in the hot tub, if you want to click on the linked photo. |
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| Another horizontally diplayed vision of the suit in its hot tub testing series. Somehow, the tub just doesn't seem to be wide enough!! |
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| Oh, I see, if I turn long ways of the tub, it will work better? Sure looks fuzzy and foamy out there!! |
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I don't guess I get any points with PADI for this "dive", do I? Guess I'll just have to enjoy the glow alone. |
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Now, why was it they call this a DRY suit? Well, yes, I guess I had gotten in the water with the Quintana Roo first, so maybe that's it!
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We're about to leave the black rubber zone for a short period. Please click Harold's Leatherjock, to continue to the Orange DrySuit page!! |
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