I have a standard type hood, and it seals fairly well with my
paragon/pinnacle 'Arctic' suit.
When I first got this suit, I did a couple of dives with my old hood which
has a wrap around neck with velcro. The old hood worked great over the top
of an old front-entry semidry (great neck seal), but with the rear
vertical
zip on the paragon suit it let a lot of water flow through. The full
length
pull on hood works much better.
As for the choking feeling, all I can suggest is thin rubber, maybe
trimming
the hood down a bit (particularly under the chin?) Or just getting used to
it... I'm a Melbourne diver, and dive all year round, so can assure you a
hood is certainly desirable.
Cheers,
Mick G
"Hi-Soft" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:dmINj.2593$ko5.1265@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm looking at getting a hood to go with my 7mm wetsuit to dive the
colder
> water of Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
>
> The thing is, I really don't like wearing hoods.....I hate chocking
> feeling,and limiting flexability...like probably most people do...
>
> So I'm looking at one that doesn't have a long neck / shoulder seal
> section.....so more like the "dry suit" type...shorter...so I can maybe
wear
> it over the neck of my wetsuit...is that possible ???
>
> Can I use an actual "dry suit" hood with a conventional wetsuit, or will
it
> no work properly or something ??
>
> I'm also thinking...I will only go as thick as 5mm max...for the above
> reason..(chocking feeling etc. )...
>
> Any advide appreciated...
>
> bc
>
>
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