tecdiverdude
Southern Moderation
URSUIT HEAVY LIGHT KEVLAR BDS
I have just received my shiny new drysuit and in keeping with the rebreather overview pages, I decided to also do ancillary equipment and what better to start with than a drysuit?
Ursuit is a Finnish company that has been striving to produce the highest quality immersion suits for Sailing and Diving since 1964. Stating that comfort and reliability must reign above all else, they make a serious line of drysuits for the demanding technical diver.
The name may sound contradictory, the suit is designed as a heavy duty suit but being as light as possible (my size M comes in at just over 2Kgs) and with 20% Kevlar reinforcement and ample heat pressed wear pads, it looks and feels tough.
But what does BDS mean? It stands for Breathable Design Suit. In short the material can breathe allowing you to keep your cool before the dive, which I was a little sceptical at first until I tried it and it actually does keep you cool before entering the water.
The suit feels quite thin and flexible, making donning and doffing very easy and quite efficient. URSUIT have included a lot of nice features in the suit. I will go over the major features below.
Ample heat pressed wear pads- any where you can think of that might wear, this includes the shoulders, knees, elbows and crotch. They are oversized and fit with the lines of the suit quite seamlessly.
The Telescopic waist allows for easy moving whilst wearing the suit, making up for the lack of stretch in the material. The crotch strap has a Y shape in the back that takes out the uncomfortable ***8220;wedgy***8221; feeling. As you can see in the above picture, the wear pads are large and well fitted. The low profile Relieve valve as an accessory that I think is almost a necessity.
One of my favourite features of this suit is how the wrist seals are protected from damage by the suit, no additional zips, just a comfy no hassle protection that will help prevent disastrous seal tears. The nice tight fitting neck warmer also protects the neck seal from abrasion and also sunlight. The valves are all Sitech high quality valves.
The thigh pockets as standard are brilliant. They have an external zip that has made a nice little home for my shears and spare Cave arrows. Inside a steel D ring for securing everything and a divider that fits the wet notes close to the body and keeps them separated from the other accessories. The Velcro holding them shut is ample and easy to open with thick gloves.
The high quality YKK dryzip is protected by a zip that protects and keeps it dry, it also serves at a cover to keep stuff out of the suit whilst its airing with the dryzip open.
In the water it dives like most other quality Trilaminates. The thin material and excellent anatomical cut makes the suit ultra comfy, allowing a full range of movement and plenty of room for bulky undergarments, of which URSUIT make an exceptional example.
On ordering your suit, you can choose from their wide range of sizes and choose your seals/boot sizes or have a suit made to measure. I ordered my suit directly from the measurements on their website, which ask for tight skin measurements and the suit turns up with room for undergarments factored in.
At a retail of 1795 Euro, they are a lot of suit for very reasonable Money. I couldn***8217;t be more happy with it and foresee years of reliable service from it.
They can be Sourced from Ursuk | Ursuk in Europe URSUIT USA in the States and Let's Go Adventures; SCUBA Dive Nelson Bay, Port Stephens in Australia
I have just received my shiny new drysuit and in keeping with the rebreather overview pages, I decided to also do ancillary equipment and what better to start with than a drysuit?
Ursuit is a Finnish company that has been striving to produce the highest quality immersion suits for Sailing and Diving since 1964. Stating that comfort and reliability must reign above all else, they make a serious line of drysuits for the demanding technical diver.
The name may sound contradictory, the suit is designed as a heavy duty suit but being as light as possible (my size M comes in at just over 2Kgs) and with 20% Kevlar reinforcement and ample heat pressed wear pads, it looks and feels tough.
But what does BDS mean? It stands for Breathable Design Suit. In short the material can breathe allowing you to keep your cool before the dive, which I was a little sceptical at first until I tried it and it actually does keep you cool before entering the water.
The suit feels quite thin and flexible, making donning and doffing very easy and quite efficient. URSUIT have included a lot of nice features in the suit. I will go over the major features below.
Ample heat pressed wear pads- any where you can think of that might wear, this includes the shoulders, knees, elbows and crotch. They are oversized and fit with the lines of the suit quite seamlessly.
The Telescopic waist allows for easy moving whilst wearing the suit, making up for the lack of stretch in the material. The crotch strap has a Y shape in the back that takes out the uncomfortable ***8220;wedgy***8221; feeling. As you can see in the above picture, the wear pads are large and well fitted. The low profile Relieve valve as an accessory that I think is almost a necessity.
One of my favourite features of this suit is how the wrist seals are protected from damage by the suit, no additional zips, just a comfy no hassle protection that will help prevent disastrous seal tears. The nice tight fitting neck warmer also protects the neck seal from abrasion and also sunlight. The valves are all Sitech high quality valves.
The thigh pockets as standard are brilliant. They have an external zip that has made a nice little home for my shears and spare Cave arrows. Inside a steel D ring for securing everything and a divider that fits the wet notes close to the body and keeps them separated from the other accessories. The Velcro holding them shut is ample and easy to open with thick gloves.
The high quality YKK dryzip is protected by a zip that protects and keeps it dry, it also serves at a cover to keep stuff out of the suit whilst its airing with the dryzip open.
In the water it dives like most other quality Trilaminates. The thin material and excellent anatomical cut makes the suit ultra comfy, allowing a full range of movement and plenty of room for bulky undergarments, of which URSUIT make an exceptional example.
On ordering your suit, you can choose from their wide range of sizes and choose your seals/boot sizes or have a suit made to measure. I ordered my suit directly from the measurements on their website, which ask for tight skin measurements and the suit turns up with room for undergarments factored in.
At a retail of 1795 Euro, they are a lot of suit for very reasonable Money. I couldn***8217;t be more happy with it and foresee years of reliable service from it.
They can be Sourced from Ursuk | Ursuk in Europe URSUIT USA in the States and Let's Go Adventures; SCUBA Dive Nelson Bay, Port Stephens in Australia
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