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Haha Allan, for you only, $2550.!

We stayed at Crystal Blue Resort. Mike Bartick has done a terrific job making this a top notch resort in the area.

 

Fletcher

Thanks to everyone for their very good advice. As always, this hobby will find new ways to inhale any extra monies I might have had. So now I'm looking at a 10mm hood, Fourth Element glove liners (I use Diving Concept dry gloves, like them much better than DUI), and the Thermalution vest. Like Allison, I'd rather go that route than add extra bulk and extra lead. As it is, I can barely climb back in the boat.

 

Allison, thanks very much for the information. Since we know you wear one size smaller than I do :-), what size is your vest?

 

Fletcher

Thanks Allison, I didn't know they had a booth at the show. That would be a perfect time to try them on to get the right size... if I can wait till June.

 

Very good information about increasing safety stop times. I can count on one hand the number of > 1 hour dives I've made in cold water. Maybe with the vest, I'll be able to stay down longer. I think these vests maintain heat for well over an hour.

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10mm hood... I'd really want to try that on. I expect it would make a huge difference in warmth.

I'm ashamed to say I am a wuss when it comes to cold water. I dive in California, and when the temps are in the mid 50's, I think more about my discomfort than I do about the dive. I already wear dry gloves, good undergarments,... I may get a thicker hood, but I' m at 5 mm right now. That's why I started looking at manufactured heat!