Hi,
This is a continuation of the suit discussion that was happening under the Freedive Fin thread. In that thread Apnea Newbie was asking about the use of freedive suits for scuba and their durability. I bought the Picasso Commercial because of its durability. My thoughts at the time were that I might well end up using it for windsurfing as well as freediving, at least sometimes.
The Commercial is named that because it was built for regular hard use. All of its seem are coated with silicone and it has elbows and knee pads. In terms of a scuba suit, if you are learning and not doing deep diving, it would likely do you very well. However if you are going to be doing extended deep diving
I suspect that you will end up wanting a dry suit. The reason for this is that the high nitrogen content of the suit that makes it so flexy also makes it even more prone to compression than a standard neoprene suit. Where the suit is routinely used for harvesting geoducks the water generally does not exceed 70 feet.
I remember trying for years to combine applications; hiking and technical climbing in one boot, down hill and ski mountaineering,
sports cars plus cargo, in the end I routinely failed.
It is likely that I will not use the Commercial for windsurfing it is just too hot, even for the winter, where I usually wear a 3-4 Dry suit.
Best wishes,
Freediver48
This is a continuation of the suit discussion that was happening under the Freedive Fin thread. In that thread Apnea Newbie was asking about the use of freedive suits for scuba and their durability. I bought the Picasso Commercial because of its durability. My thoughts at the time were that I might well end up using it for windsurfing as well as freediving, at least sometimes.
The Commercial is named that because it was built for regular hard use. All of its seem are coated with silicone and it has elbows and knee pads. In terms of a scuba suit, if you are learning and not doing deep diving, it would likely do you very well. However if you are going to be doing extended deep diving
I suspect that you will end up wanting a dry suit. The reason for this is that the high nitrogen content of the suit that makes it so flexy also makes it even more prone to compression than a standard neoprene suit. Where the suit is routinely used for harvesting geoducks the water generally does not exceed 70 feet.
I remember trying for years to combine applications; hiking and technical climbing in one boot, down hill and ski mountaineering,
sports cars plus cargo, in the end I routinely failed.
It is likely that I will not use the Commercial for windsurfing it is just too hot, even for the winter, where I usually wear a 3-4 Dry suit.
Best wishes,
Freediver48