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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:03 pm

I bought a Needs BZ LS Spring.

I think I'm going to have to send it back, it's one of the most poorly designed products I've ever seen.

So pissed off, ten years down the track I still can't buy the wetsuit I want off the rack and that was as good as my O'Neill Gooru 3/2 LS Spring.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:19 pm

I have that wetsuit, it's the worst I've ever owned.

Flat lock seams, (no GBS) leak like a sieve and the back zip is a really poorly designed one.

Absolute POS.

Now looking at these 2.

https://www.seventhwave.co.nz/shop/summ ... +32mm.html

https://hyperflexusa.com/product/vyrl-l ... ip-spring/


otherwise, a custom Japanese is about $1500
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by buddy » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:33 pm

I have the chest zip in this and it goes alright.
Can’t speak for the bz design.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by alakaboo » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:33 pm

Matuse Hoplite

Only 2mm but that's enough if you have a hood.

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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by Beanpole » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:52 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:19 pm
I have that wetsuit, it's the worst I've ever owned.

Flat lock seams, (no GBS) leak like a sieve and the back zip is a really poorly designed one.

Absolute POS.

Now looking at these 2.

https://www.seventhwave.co.nz/shop/summ ... +32mm.html

https://hyperflexusa.com/product/vyrl-l ... ip-spring/


otherwise, a custom Japanese is about $1500
Steve continues to spend up big lately.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:49 pm

Thats a piece of shitt Buddy, flat lock seams.

I want to use the wetty as a prime winter wetsuit, which is why I want 3/2.

sealed seams.

Can't find a sealed seam 3/2 with BZ off the rack is why.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:52 pm

alakaboo wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:33 pm
Matuse Hoplite

Only 2mm but that's enough if you have a hood.
300 USD for a 2mm, no thanks.

I want it for water temp: 19-21.

Air temp: 2-20

It's the wind chill when air temps are single digits and you are waiting for set waves, that I need the 3mm for.

My work around has been steamers but I much prefer a LS Spring.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:54 pm

Mr Puffy Pants wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:19 pm
Don't get the seventhwave.
Your experience is the only thing stopping me pulling the trigger.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:16 pm

3/2 LS Spring used to be a common off the rack wetsuit.

I bought them for years.

"half your body not covered"

??????

You must be a weird shape if just above the knee to your foot is half your body.

It's a part of my body I don't need covered, and it makes the wetsuit heaps easier to get in and out of, and thus makes surfing more pleasurable.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:18 pm

Anyhow, still haven't decided whether I am going to send the Needs back or keep it.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:19 pm

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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by buddy » Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:07 pm

These were awesome custom Japanese suits.
Terumi would take your measurements in Byron. Not sure if they still doing them as they were putting a fair bit of time into her partners electric bike company Vallkree.

https://www.facebook.com/trmwetsuits

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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:23 pm

Mr Puffy Pants wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:25 pm
steve shearer wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:16 pm
3/2 LS Spring used to be a common off the rack wetsuit.

I bought them for years.
They still are. They just take 10 minutes to put on.

https://www.ripcurl.com/au/mens/wetsuit ... l#754=1408
aren't you a numbers guy?

thats a 2/2.

I want a 3/2.
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Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Post by steve shearer » Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:25 pm

buddy wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:07 pm
These were awesome custom Japanese suits.
Terumi would take your measurements in Byron. Not sure if they still doing them as they were putting a fair bit of time into her partners electric bike company Vallkree.

https://www.facebook.com/trmwetsuits
cheers Buddy, will make contact.
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