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Originally Posted by gNats
Hi Ladies,
I am planning a dive trip to Bonaire in Janaury and thought a 5mm one piece would be perfect.
I already have a drysuit and a 2pc 7mm. My 7mm is a Henderson Hyperstretch, which I love for its comfort.
The 5mm I am looking to purchase should be:
1) Comfortable. Easy to put on with a silk skin underneath.
2) Racy, sexy, feminine. LOL. Okay, my 7mm is black and boring and I feel like a dirty Michelan man in it. I want something that looks good and is very female looking.
3) Affordable.
#3 is a big one. I will probably only wear the 5mm on warm water dive trips. For really hot temp local diving I have the 7mm and will most likely dive dry year round in Michigan. I don't want to spend a lot of money for something that only gets maybe one use a year.
I'm thinking of a budget < $225. I am 5'2" about 110 lbs. equally proportioned.
The only brand I am familiar with is Henderson. What other manufacturers should I consider?
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Take a trip to So Calif. and buy a 5mm suit off the rack for about $100 less then your budget. While here do some dives. We have some of the best diving anyplace and the prices are about the lowest of anyplace in the world. But bring youe 7mm suit for divng. Here in So Cal 5mm is what surfers using in Winter.
I think I could make a good living shipping tanks and wetsuits out of state. People in the midwest and the East seem to pay a lot more. I buy a new 7mm suit every two years in summer and have not yet had to send $175.