Your hands, feet, and face remain exposed, so most people will prefer to have booties and possibly gloves as well. The benefit of an attached hood is it will be more watertight than a detachable hood, but the drawback is that it is always there whether you need it or not.
Most people who wear a hooded wetsuit are completely fine tossing the hood back and letting it hang out when they are feeling warmer than usual. Hooded fullsuits are typically for colder waters in the 50s or below, and range from 4mm to 6mm in thickness.
The spring suit is a wetsuit with short arms and short legs for cool water, and is typically no more than 2mm in thickness. In some cases there are spring suits with long arms or no arms. A thin neoprene top, usually around. Jackets are commonly used in warm waters when a little extra warmth is needed. When you have this information you can properly refer to the manufacturers sizing guides. Every wetsuit manufacturer produces their own size range of wetsuits and has their own way of referring to those sizes.
Some manufacturers will use numbers to identify sizes eg 1, 2, 3 etc. Neoprene stretches in all directions and tends to conform to the body shape. Putting on a wetsuit is not difficult but requires a little patience and technique. A wetsuit is designed to be a snug fit in order for it to work efficiently. The below information assumes a back zip wetsuit. Open up the wetsuit, put one foot in, point the toes, and ease the opening over the foot and heel.
The bottom of the leg should be just on or above the ankle. Pull the rest of the leg up over the calf to about the knee. The top of the kneepatch on the suit should usually be positioned to lie just above the knee area — the majority of knee protection falling below the knee down to the top of the shin area.
Ease the suit up the thighs and gradually, over the hips and bottom, and gradually up the torso. Try to avoid having a saggy skate boarders crotch. Then put the other arm in, making sure you continually work any excess up the arms to cover the shoulder. Once the arms are in and the shoulders fully covered - You will have the suit on!
If you have a gathering of neoprene around the wrists — this will mean less neoprene on your shoulders and may feel like the suit is too small. So you must work this excess neoprene up the arms and over the shoulders. DO NOT pull on the zip if it meets resistance — you may have something caught in it. Remember also a wetsuit will feel different in the water.
Oh, and do remember to take your socks off. This finish is extremely comfortable and durable but can only be used on neoprene up to 3mm and therefore tends to be used on lighter weight wetsuits. Blindstitched Seams Blindstitching is produced by gluing two edges of neoprene together, followed by stitching across the seam, so not piercing the neoprene. Nylon on the inner side of the neoprene prevents neoprene from sticking to your skin.
Same as above, just that nylon in only on one side of neoprene. You can see the example of both typed of neoprene on the picture. Single lined neoprene is on the right and looks smoother that double lined neoprene on the left. Those are all different types of single lined neoprene. This type of neoprene is sometimes intentionally used in places where you want the neoprene to stick to the skin. Besides that, single lined neoprene is often also used on the body of the wetsuit, especially upper part of the wetsuit.
Single lined neoprene without the nylon on the outer side makes a wetsuit warmer in wind, as the layer of nylon holds some water and makes you colder while water quickly runs off the mesh neoprene. Neoprene is by itself also a very stretchy material. More than nylon, so single lined neoprene makes a wetsuit more elastic.
But of course there is a downside that we already mentioned, single lined neoprene is less sustainable to damage and is therefore wise to use it only on parts of the wetsuit that are not very likely to hit a rock or something no single lined neoprene on the knees for example. A layer of titanium is placed between the neoprene and the nylon. Titanium helps reflect the body heat back into the body and preventing it to leave the wetsuit.
That makes a wetsuit warmer. A layer of second generation titanium is placed between…blah blah blah. Second generation titanium is supposed to be twice as effective as normal titanium. But a difference between an ordinary neoprene wetsuit and stretchy neoprene wetsuit is more than evident.
Wetsuits made from stretchy neoprene are much more flexible. Flexible wetsuits have some advantages — you loose less energy when moving as you have less resistance in neoprene and they fit better, which makes them warmer and more comfortable. On the right is an example of Rip Curl Elastomax stretch neoprene.
Is a fabric made of special hollow fibres and covers the neoprene on the inside of the wetsuit. Fibres are made of polyester and contain large amounts of trapped air, which is one of the best isolation materials. If you are a beginner there is a big possibility that you will spend some time on your knees and even if you are not, some added protection for the knees and for the neoprene on the knees is very welcome.
Some wetsuits only have anti-skid print on the knees, some have another patch of neoprene sewn onto the knees, some have knees reinforced with Kevlar. The efficiency of protection kind of rises in that order too.
Listed above are the main factors and features to consider when buying a wetsuit. These two really make the most of the difference. And a wetsuit that fits of course. Expensive wetsuit without some kind of liquid seal is at the moment not a very good deal if warmth is your primary target.
Considering which body parts the neoprene covers we divide wetsuits: Shorty — neoprene only covers the body and upper parts of the arms and legs Full suit — neoprene covers the body, arms and legs to your wrists and ankles and possibly also the head when the wetsuit has integrated hood Spring suit — neoprene covers the body and usually legs and upper arms, but vice versa combination is also possible — neoprene entirely covers the arms and only upper parts of the legs.
Shorty Neoprene Rash-guard Spring Suit Full Suit Another big warmth factor is the thickness of the neoprene, but more on that a little later, when we explain how wetsuits works. Cold water can penetrate the wetsuit in a number of places: Through the spaces for your head, hands and feet Through stitches that keep the wetsuit together Through the zipper Another warmth factor is isolation from the environment - this depends on the thickness of the neoprene.
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