Lee wrote:

I wrote:

> > That was in the days, since fixed
> > I suspect, when having these on an aluminium or marine ply deck
> > virtually guaranteed you an "A over T" happening.
>
> I'm quite surprised at this.  On of the two positive things I've
> consistently heard is that they're easier to walk in.  The other is that
> emergency response divers like them because they are quite tolerant of a
> drop from a greater height, from a helicopter, for example.

The terminology is different: the originals were VERY slippery (as I
said, I suppose it's been corrected) on slick surfaces such as
aluminium and marine ply. Not a problem on, say, raw concrete.

On appropriate, and coarse, surfaces, such as concrete, they were/are
easier to
walk in or indeed drop into the sea from because of their inherently
lesser length/mass.

Cheers,

Christian