Brooks Seal Suits

[Andrew Harvie]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to purchase a dry suit this month (after two years of
diving wet in the North Atlantic all winter I'm finally wimping out)

The brand which my local diveshop recommends most is the Brooks
Seal suit. It looks good to me, but I've never worn a dry suit before
and have no way to judge what's good and what isn't.

Would anyone out there who has this type of suit care to comment?

Thanks,

Andrew Harvie

[John HC]

On Mon, 20 Sep 1993, Andrew Harvie wrote:

> The brand which my local diveshop recommends most is the Brooks
> Seal suit. It looks good to me, but I've never worn a dry suit before
> and have no way to judge what's good and what isn't.
>

Gee, I've never heard of that brand. Where is it manufactured? About 200
miles south of you, most of the winter drysuit divers use Viking, DUI, or
Nokia suits.

John H-C

[BEW]

Well, you remember all those Selkie legends in which the selkies remove
their skins, which are then found by humans? Now we know what they
do with them! It makes you wonder -- if normal humans put on selkie
skins, do they become seals too?

I might feel a fluff attack coming on here. Thanks for the information!

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[Andrew Harvie]

> From: BEW <NASOP003%SIVM....@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
> Subject: Brooks Seal Suits

> Well, you remember all those Selkie legends in which the selkies remove
> their skins, which are then found by humans? Now we know what they
> do with them! It makes you wonder -- if normal humans put on selkie
> skins, do they become seals too?

Now you've done it. You've gone and mentioned something that
some of us have never heard of before. Could you let us know a bit
about these legends?

[RICK BURKE TRIUMF OPERATIONS]

In article <MAILQUEUE-101.9...@cad-cam.nsccc.tuns.ca>, Andrew Harvie <HAR...@CAD-CAM.NSCCC.TUNS.CA> writes...

Brooks Seal Suits are made in Vancouver,B.C. (Canada). I have been using one
for about 8 years. So far it has performed flawlessly. I've never been cold
in it and I mostly dive in the winter. (contrary to popular opinion it gets
quite cold in the water around here). Its only possible drawback is that it is
not an ultra light suit. Its neoprene. On the other hand it is also warmer
than an ultra light suit. If it springs a leak it is quite a bit warmer and
it also has some inherent bouyancy.

I'd buy one again

Rick Burke
bu...@triumf.ca

[Kim A. MacDonald]

I own a Brooks Seal Suit and think it is great. Even when it floods slightly,
which mine is doing now because of a nick in the seal, it is still warm. This
means alot coming from me. I am really thin, no insulation. The Brooks suit
has the added bonus of the fact it can be customized. Viking can't. Hey, a
friend of mine went diving in early may in a brooks with nothing under it (I
guess you would call it the canadian version of buff diving) and he thought it
was great because he was still warm. They also have the added bonus of keeping
the $ in Canada and not getting dinged with duty.

By the way, which store in Halifax do you dive with? I visited most of them
while I was visiting labour day weekend. The one on Quinpool had a blue and
black seal suit hanging in the store.

Great suit. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Kim

(Yes Pete, I know you like your Viking)