Drysuit latex neck seals

[Gramps]

Everything I've read recommends using talc religiously (pre-donning and post-dive) and occasionally washing the seals with a little warm water and soap. Pat 'em dry then talc 'em up. Body oil chemicals must react somehow with latex's composition to help break it down over time...wait, aren't condoms made of...

Anyway, I agreed with stretching the seal outward to pull over your head verses the monster tug over the face manuever. Why stress the material needlessly?

On a similar topic, does anyone else feel that the new low profile shoulder dump valves that DUI has been installing on their suits suck completely? A cat could blow more gas out it's tail end better than those things! Soon as the season grinds down, I'm taking an afternoon and swapping back to the old school style.