I'm deciding between the Omer Team Titanium suit, or the Omer Ocean/Med Mimetic suits, and can't decide which to get. Hopefully with a little more info from the experts here I can make an informed decision and the right purchase for me.
First off, I will be doing all my diving and spearing in Southern California, so I'm pretty sure I'll need a 5mm suit.
I'd most likely be doing more kelp and shore dives than open water, so for this reason I was thinking of going with the Ocean/Med Mimetic, as it'd break up my outline (plus I'm not super fond of looking like a big black seal when I'm diving in waters frequented by white sharks.) I'm likely leaning more towards ocean mimetic than med, since it still blends with kelp, but also looks quite nice in open water as well.
I'm wondering, though- if there is a big benefit to the titanium-treated neoprene as opposed to the normal open cell mimetic ones. Also, are the mimetic suits available with the titanium-treated neoprene? I've sent a bunch of questions directly to Omer, and a few weeks later, I still haven't heard back.
If the black titanium-lined suit is the way to go, does anyone have experience painting them yourself? I work in screenprinting, so it'd be rather easy to do the painting, I'm just curious about how the suit holds up after being painted, and if there are any tips or things to look out for that I should know.
Finally... should I be looking more closely at other suits instead? It seems that many pictures I find show that divers like the Omer suits, but in the forum discussions it seems I never read someone recommending them, but rather people recommend Elios and other suits.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long-winded first post...
I look forward to sharing my future dives with you all, and yours with me!
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