Wetsuit Comparison

[Freedive WI]

I am really suprised that Fred hasn't chimed in here yet- as he was the one who turned me on to ELIOS wetsuits.

I've owned many suits over the years (Harvey's, Seasuits, Hendersons, Bidy Gloves, Dacor's, Picasso's, Esclapez, Cressisub, Diveskin, ect) and have never found a better made suit with more options. Their custom cut is the best Ihave come across yet and the price is lower than what you might find in a stock Henderson suit in the states.

They are all custom made in Italy, so it takes a couple of weeks to get the suit made and shipped, but it will certainly last you a while once you have it. They make suits for Freediving, spearfishing, scubadiving, surfing, triathalons, and fetishwear- Just look at the suit that they made for Angelina Jolie in the Tomb Raider films.  :o

You can get a wide varitey of rubber manufacturer's, thickness, bubble density, inner linings, outer linings, camo patterns, and other add-ons. There must be almost a 1000 different suits you can put together from all of their choices. They offer rubber thicknesses from .5mm to 10mm. I started out with some 6mm suits, but have since switched to 5mm for my ice diving and 3mm for most of my dive season- they are just made better, and warmer, than other suits that I have tried so I didn't need as much rubber as I thought I did because I only knew about scuba wetsuits before that.

They also make any kind of glove, mitt, soxk, bootie, hood, vest, short, or other accessorie that you might want- the make a pretty cool "Pisette" for men so yuo can pee in you wetsuit and not marinate in it al day long. 

I would post some picturesof my suits, but the forum says that I've used up all of my space on here, and on the WIscuba forum as well. Take a look through some of Fred's, and my, old threads to see what they look like.

Jon