Avoiding snot syndrome????

[DiverTodd]

Awww, a fan! Cool! Oh, you'd know the difference between wetsuits...you have to LUBE UP to get into a freediving wetsuit! lol Well, one that's open-cell inside and outside, at least...

Todd

[Tania75]

Well todd, I had my first dry suit orientation yesterday as our waters over here are so cold!! - my god, I lost all sensation in lower half!!!
I felt as though I was in a fencing suit!! I have an open water weekend tomorrow!! I think its sink or swim time for me!!
I asked one of my instructers about the Frenzel and he gave me a blank look!! Is it a well known fact? or a passed on secret??

[Waterysmile]

Originally Posted by DiverTodd

Hey! I have a fan! Next up; how to get into and OUT of a freediving wetsuit! lol

Todd

All tips very greatfully received... Arms in first and then the head or other way round!?

[DiverTodd]

Originally Posted by Waterysmile

All tips very greatfully received... Arms in first and then the head or other way round!?

I've found that, once the suit is thoroughly lubed up, put the pants on first, they're the easiest! As for the top...

Get your hands through the sleeves, one at a time (as each hand comes through, I rub that excess lube on my shoulders) , and carefully stroke the sleeves up to almost your shoulders; be sure you have enough room to get your head in without over-stretching the suit! Once your head is in, carefully work your head through the neck hole. Then, it's just a matter of shrugging your shoulders into place, and then grabbing the lower edge of the top and carefully guiding it down.

Todd

[Fondueset]

Interesting - for my smoothskin out/open in suit I do head first - then left and right arms in that order.

[trux]

Sorry, I did not follow this thread and am lazy to read it all - is it discussing using snot as a lubrificator for the wetsuit? That sounds to be indeed an original and quite ecologic idea!

[DiverTodd]

LOL, I was wondering WHEN that was going to come up; snot as lube. However, for that, I think you'd need that brachiosaurus from Jurassic Park. BLEAH!

Todd

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by island_sands

I am a boogie girl too
but if it gets snotty i blow them out so it doesnt freak me or the student out
(i once had a student who refused to do it, and his eyebrows, eyelashes and the whole lot were layered in greenies )

...snot very nice

Originally Posted by Fondueset

Dairy consumption is definitely a factor - along with a bunch of other stuff.:

Is it due to something in the milk or hormones used to increase production? I know a mother in the US that only gives her daughter organic milk because she fears hormones in regular milk may cause her daughter to reach puberty early (and all that that entails).

Originally Posted by Fondueset

Yeah - I think snotty chicks are hot

Yuko! (...but its true, they really are).

DiverTodd, re: "Wearing my favorite fragrance; Neoprene, by Yamamoto!"
I got a whiff of my wetsuit today & it turned my stomach...it is clean & just smells of neoprene, but it instantly brought to mind the nausia I sometimes get diving in bad viz in choppy conditions. It could be apprehension -- subconcious preparation for the imminant start of season. Your association is obviously a lot more positive than mine (what have you been up to?! )

[Tania75]

My God guys, I'm away for a few days and my whole thread goes to pot!!!
Whats this talk about snot as lube!!! - Divertodd!!!! you are to blame for this!!
I'm now certified!!! Open water weekend was quite a shocker!!!
and as for snot, I'm sure there was plenty of that too!!

[DiverTodd]

Hey, I'm not the one who took it there! lol. But seriously, the whole thing about me enjoying the smell of my wetsuit; as the smell of neoprene reminds you of nausea, the unique smell of my freediving wetsuit reminds me of the GREAT time I had in it in Miami with PFI. And I'm looking forward to MORE fun in it with them in Grand Cayman....in TWENTY DAYS!! Woo hoo!!

Todd

[Tania75]

Man, i'm with you on the neoprene thing!!!A distingishing smell that purely reminds me of scuba!! - not sure where the vomit thing comes from - but not from me!! I have been hanging my dry suit in an encolosed closet purely to open to door and be overcome by the fragrance!!! lol
PFI ??? tell me more!!

[ScubaBilly]

Geeeez...I just joined this forum today and found this thread on snot...56 posts...unbelieveable. You are all my kind of people. I definitely will look up frenzel. Tania75...I'm just starting my drysuit certification, definitely need it here.