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custom fitted wetsuits - any experience here?

Started Oct 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
daveco2
daveco2 Contributing Member • Posts: 953
Re: custom fitted wetsuits - any experience here?

I had the same problem, more or less, except that a suit that fits my shoulders is too long in the legs. An instructor at my dive shop (no frills, solution oriented guy) recommended that I get a good fit to the shoulders and just scissor off the legs to fit. Unlike woven cloth, wetsuits don't unravel, but if you're worried, you could use neoprene glue on the seam and/or have someone sew up the bottoms. That's what I did.

I've found that on longer trips in warm water, I get cold towards the end, after 20 dives or so, which I attribute to fatigue. An additional cheap shortie over a full length solves that problem. But a day off now and then is even better.  That's what I do now.

There are a couple of well known custom wetsuit makers in LA:

https://www.jmjwetsuits.com/

https://www.7till8.com/

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