Design benefits
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Easy dressing
One-piece ping suit with front zip fastener.Hood.
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Thermal insulation
5 mm full neoprene suit. Taped seams, glued and blind stitched assembly
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Freedom of movement
Anatomic cut frees up arm movement. No seams under the armpits.
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Robustness
Printed reinforcements at the knees to reduce wear.
Design details
Details of thermal insulation and reinforcements to reduce wear
Full one-piece wetsuit made of 5 mm neoprene panels (with production tolerance), covered on both sides with a nylon fabric. Seams taped using a GBS (glued and blind stitched) assembly. Front zip.
The ping suit has printed reinforcements on the knees to reduce wear.
GBS (glued and blind stitched) assembly
The seams of the suit and hood are waterproof, with a glued and blind stitched (GBS) assembly: the neoprene is glued and then stitched for extra robustness (the needle does not go all the way through the neoprene to stop water getting through).
Thermal performance class
This scuba ping suit provides thermal protection that has been tested by the independent PRS Certification institute (Gdansk, Poland) to validate its compliance with the current standard (EN 14225-1:2017).
CLASS C certified ping suit:
A (+7°C/+12°C / +45°F/+54°F)
B (+10°C/+18°C / +50°F/+64°F)
C (+16°C/+24°C / +61°F/+75°F)
D (+22°C/+30°C / +72°F/+86°F).
Adjust the thickness, adjust your warmth!
When ping, cold is your worst enemy!
Using the right thermal protection based on the water temperature, is essential. This concept was created to keep you from having to purchase different ping suits for different ping conditions, with 5 pieces that can be combined with your suit depending on the temperature. In this way, you can complete your thermal insulation with a hood, a neoprene top, a top with a hood, a 1 mm under-shorty or a 5.5 mm over-shorty.
What is a ping suit?
This is the most common type of ping suit on the market. It is not designed to keep the water out, but to trap it, so that your body then warms it up, creating a thermal buffer between you and the outside.
Made of neoprene - a rubber polymer filled with air bubbles - these ping suits are available in thicknesses of 0.5 mm to 7 mm. Thanks to their suppleness and modularity, they constitute excellent ping suits.
Tips on how to get into a ping suit
Put your foot in a plastic bag, then slip your leg into your ping suit. Your entire foot comes out without snagging! To adjust, ask someone to blow into your sleeve from the wrist. The incoming air inflates the interior of the neoprene ping suit, immediately separating it from your skin. You can then easily proceed with the final adjustments.
Tips on how to take care of your ping suit
1) Soak the inside and the outside of the ping suit in clean water after each session.
2) Clean with a bactericide solution.
3) Rinse thoroughly in clean water.
4) Dry on a wide hanger in a dark and well-ventilated place.
Caution: the sun will cause the colours of the textile parts of the ping suit to fade and speeds up the ageing process of the neoprene.
Zip fasteners can be cleaned with a toothbrush and lubricated with silicone grease
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