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David Hale <[log in to unmask]>
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SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:09:14 -0700
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The water-filled holes aren't always THAT small!  :D

DUI used to make you sign a waiver on the cave cut
order form, that if you didn't like the result, tough
luck.

OTOH since DUI seems to manufacture drysuits and
undergarments on the theory the bigger the better, it
could be that the cave cut is just actual normal
sizing! I ordered a 400g undergarment last fall at
DEMA. I'm 6'3" 200 lbs. DUI vigorously tried to get me
to buy the XL, but I held out for the Large. (They had
samples to try on, which I did.)

Shipment was delayed, and when I checked on the order
a couple months later, it somehow had become an XL
again. Got that fixed. After it finally showed up, I
dove it, but had quite a bit of bulk in the body and
legs. A buddy was there with a brand new medium that
was too big for him. I tried it on and other than
being a tad short on the arms (which is actually a
good thing), it fit me perfectly!

So I sold the large to somebody else, and now happily
dive an undergarment two sizes smaller than what DUI
thought I needed!

By the time you buy a cave cut DUI dry suit you are
looking at a significant expenditure. Suggest you work
through Extreme Exposure in High Springs for a cave
cut, as I believe they have done quite a few.

Take care,
David H.

--- David Strike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:10 AM, Lee Bell
> wrote:
>
> > At any rate, at the risk of asking what has
> already
> > been reported, can you explain the difference
> between a cave cut drysuit
> and
> > all the rest?
>
> A cave cut is a closer, more streamlined fit for
> people who want to wriggle
> their bodies through small water-filled holes
> beneath the ground.  :-)
>
> Strike


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