[chrismar]

I'm in the process of choosing a suit from elios as well at the moment. I'm getting a smoothskin for winter boat diving (v. windy + cold temps), so here's the reply from them asking about the mesh skin, yamamoto 45, coloured shadow and heiwa medium.

Hi,
about your choose, we can give you some percentage of caracteristics:

ELASTICITY:
100% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Mesh skin Pelagos or Benthos outside
Neoprene Nam Liong
100% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin Black outside Neoprene
Yamamoto 45
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin black outside Neoprene Heiwa
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Superskin Red outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45 Freedown

DURABILITY:
60% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Mesh skin Pelagos or Benthos outside Neoprene Nam Liong
60% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Superskin Red outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45 Freedown
50% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin black outside
Neoprene Heiwa
40% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin Black outside Neoprene
Yamamoto 45

RESISTANCE AGAINST COMPRESSION:
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin black outside Neoprene Heiwa
80% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Superskin Red outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45 Freedown
70% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin Black outside Neoprene
Yamamoto 45
60% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Mesh skin Pelagos or Benthos outside Neoprene Nam Liong

LOW WATER RESISTANCE:
100% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Superskin Red outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45 Freedown
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin black outside Neoprene Heiwa
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin Black outside Neoprene
Yamamoto 45
70% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Mesh skin Pelagos or Benthos outside Neoprene Nam Liong

SOFTNESS RUBBER:
100% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Mesh skin Pelagos or Benthos outside Neoprene Nam Liong
95% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin Black outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45
90% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Superskin Red outside Neoprene Yamamoto 45 Freedown
85% Suit 5mm open cell inside / Smoothskin black outside Neoprene Heiwa

We hope to have helped you for choose your better suit.
About coating cell inside, there is some advantages:
- it's more slippery to get into (just use a little part of water or talkum and some time is possible to wear dry)
- it's little more warmth because have a metal film inside to keep you hot inside!

Wait your news..
Best regards