Best west suit for sniping in CA uear yound?

mellowyellow · Oct 8, 2012

Best wet suit for sniping in CA? Year round

Curious of opinions here of a wet suit that is durable, practical, for sniping in northern CA and southern CA all year around, if that's possible..

Thickness? Two piece? Ect... I don't over think things right! FML lol. Thanks..

kuger · Oct 8, 2012

dry suit!!!When I am deep dredging I wear a full length 6 mill with a 6-8 mil farmer John over that.....a lot of years wore it shallow too....I hate being cold

calnatv · Oct 8, 2012

kuger said:
dry suit!!!When I am deep dredging I wear a full length 6 mill with a 6-8 mil farmer John over that.....a lot of years wore it shallow too....I hate being cold

I hear ya. My teeth would start to chatter in late September with a Farmer John 7 mill. Of course I went without a hoodie

What ever you get, make sure the elbow and knee areas on the wetsuit are reinforced or they won't last a season.

NeoTokyo · Oct 8, 2012

If you can afford the extra cost, dry suit all the way.

kuger · Oct 9, 2012

calnatv said:
I hear ya. My teeth would start to chatter in late September with a Farmer John 7 mill. Of course I went without a hoodie

What ever you get, make sure the elbow and knee areas on the wetsuit are reinforced or they won't last a season.

x10!!!!I wore out several suites before I was smart enough to stich/glue reinforced knees in all of mine!!!

mellowyellow · Oct 9, 2012

kuger said:
x10!!!!I wore out several suites before I was smart enough to stich/glue reinforced knees in all of mine!!!

What did u use to reinforce? And you use a wet suit not a dry suit? What style wet suit and millimeter. ? Thanks

kuger · Oct 9, 2012

..pieces of suits I have ruined...nope,never could afford a dry suit,and I said above...6 mil with a 6 or 8 mil over that....with a hood...%90 of you body heat escapes through your head

russau · Oct 9, 2012

Buy some strap on knee pads. thats what i use.

mellowyellow · Oct 9, 2012

russau said:
Buy some strap on knee pads. thats what i use.

Yeah, I have a few pairs of those already, might a well right. Guess my bud shovel humper was right, most of things I née for sniping are already in my garage, lol. Just need a wet suit and a mask/snorkel.. Hood, gloves, boots. Oh lord! More $$$ Ughh

kuger · Oct 9, 2012

Knee pads for me never stay up,and seems like I am always fighting em?

strickman · Oct 9, 2012

Take one of your old messed up suits and cut some x-tra padding . Glue on the knees, fore arm etc.

Hoser John · Oct 10, 2012

Wet suit only for me,farmer john style,hood with a good sized bib,PEE ZIPPER ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY, knee/elbow pads and seperate knee pads for shallow water work. Harbor freight gel knee pads rock my world even with busted up multi operated on knees-John

delnorter · Oct 10, 2012

Great info guys, thanks. Do you find you need much extra weight to keep from bobbing like a cork with a farmer john suit in shallow (up to 4' deep or so) but flowing water. I'm 165 lbs with a 7mil suit.

Mike

kuger · Oct 10, 2012

I am 165 lbs and wear 50 lbs of weight

delnorter · Oct 10, 2012

Thanks Kuger,

Mike

mellowyellow · Oct 10, 2012

Hoser John said:
Wet suit only for me,farmer john style,hood with a good sized bib,PEE ZIPPER ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY, knee/elbow pads and seperate knee pads for shallow water work. Harbor freight gel knee pads rock my world even with busted up multi operated on knees-John

HJ,

I have yet to snipe so I'm trying to visualize everything. Bib? Is that part of the suit? Didn't know I could get a wry suit with a front zipper. Saw one with a little pop openin in the rear, lol.

Love harbor freight for things like this.

Ok, this is gonna sound like a real noob, but I am so f it. If you are working in water deeper than the distance of you arms extended. I assume you just have to hold your breath and be going up and down to snipe? Do u guys use air or am I missing something. All makes sense if you in 1 foot in water. Lol. Lord it ain't easy being me!

kuger · Oct 10, 2012

IMHO I wouldnt skimp on a suit............you will realize quickly that suits add an extreme amount of buoyancy and if you are going to be working anything deeper than an arms length you will have to have weight,and yes some sort of breathing apparatus other than a snorkel....

mellowyellow · Oct 10, 2012

kuger said:
IMHO I wouldnt skimp on a suit............you will realize quickly that suits add an extreme amount of buoyancy and if you are going to be working anything deeper than an arms length you will have to have weight,and yes some sort of breathing apparatus other than a snorkel....

Thanks Kruger.. Figured.. Yes I'm going to get a nice farmer John wet suit. No skimping allowed. What type of breather do u use. Can't have an engine, so has to be a tank of some sort. Cool deal, thanks.