[BennyB]

Hi all,

I'm starting the long voyage home from England to the UK. I'm boxing up all my possessions for sea shipping, which includes all my freedive equipment.

I have a whole bunch of things including Sphera masks, underwater camera housing, goggles, noseclips etc but the bulk of it will be my wetsuits, I have a 5mm open cell smooth outer Elios, a 3mm superstretch inner smooth outer Elios, a yamamoto smooth outer triathlon suit and an ordinary surfing suit lined on both sides.

I'm a bit worried that the wetsuits will either get stinky/moss covered or just deteriorate if they're left in a box on a ship for the better part of 3 months and then in a warehouse in hot Queensland for a few weeks. Rubber tends to go bad if it's folded for a long time too.

Does anyone have some tips/tricks or advice on transporting their much loved gear?

As a start I will rinse everything off in Milton anti-bacterial (it's a nappy wash solution) and probably dust everything off with talc. Anything else you can think of?


Cheers,
Ben