Good idea or am I just being cheap?

[reactive]

Instead of buying a wetsuit hanger, can I just zip-tie a few plastic hangers together? or do the wetsuit hangers have a special feature other than sturdiness and the extra width?

[FishFood]

Originally Posted by reactive

Instead of buying a wetsuit hanger, can I just zip-tie a few plastic hangers together? or do the wetsuit hangers have a special feature other than sturdiness and the extra width?

That's what I do... well, I don't even go as far as to use a zip tie

Some people will say it damages the wetsuit to not use a $15 ultra thick hanger... I have yet to see that however.

[Defman]

I was going to do that exact same thing for upcoming trip to Bonaire (5 days to go, woohoo!!) since I heard people just tend to grab any hanger they want, regardless of the big flashing neon sign that says "This hanger belongs to..."

[cmburch]

I just use 2 plastic suit type hangers.

[Splitlip]

I have tux hangers I got at a garge sall.Also did one plastic hanger wrapped with old wash clothes and duct tape.

[reactive]

Good to know I'm not the only one trying to save a few bucks out there! Do you guys just dry the suit out on the hangers or do you actually store it there? If my suit is fully dry will it harm it if I fold it in half and keep it in my dive bag (which is in a cool dry place)?

[mentalmarine]

I have seen people take a 3 foot long pvc pipe run a peice of rope thru it and hang that dry suit on that as a hanger.

[jtkkym]

I use 2 plastic hanger but PCV pipe may not be bad idea.

[hoobascooba]

Originally Posted by reactive

Good to know I'm not the only one trying to save a few bucks out there! Do you guys just dry the suit out on the hangers or do you actually store it there? If my suit is fully dry will it harm it if I fold it in half and keep it in my dive bag (which is in a cool dry place)?

we're all here at ST aren't we? we all want to save bucks too!

at first, i duct taped some "padding" around 2 walmart hangers. but that's when I stored my wetsuit on a hanger, that is. But now it's so easy after a dive trip, I just load all my gear onto my custom-built pvc rack, wash it all down, let it dry, leave the wetsuit hanging longer, then fold it and put it back in my gear bag.

no damage yet

[Crimediver]

I've seen pipe insulation slid over hangers as well.