Trapped in wetsuit

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by mushdoc, Dec 12, 2017.

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  1. Dec 12, 2017 #1
    mushdoc

    mushdoc Well-Known Member

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    Got an online deal for an O'neill Reactor 3/2. Had a nice sesh and tried to unzip...nope. This thing had jammed so bad there was no moving it up or down. Went home in the suit and had my wife work on it for about 30-40 minutes with various tools ( pliers,screwdriver etc) with no luck. I finally got so stressed that I cut the damn thing off through the rubber at the shoulder so I could just get OUT.

    I have never had a zipper get this bad. Been through some moments when they jam and then work it loose at some point. This thing is still stuck and the third party that sold it to me is saying go to O'niell. O'neill says third party is responsible...

    Anyone been stuck so bad that the zipper just will not move? Asked around and no one I know has had this happen to them. I have never felt claustrophobic before-this got me in spaz mode.
     
    mushdoc, Dec 12, 2017
    mushdoc, Dec 12, 2017
  3. Dec 12, 2017 #2
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    That sucks! Next time go with Rip Curl! HA HA Sorry about your new suite and no, I have never had anything like that happen to me.
     
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  5. Dec 12, 2017 #3
    Son Bather Bob

    Son Bather Bob Well-Known Member

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  6. Dec 12, 2017 #4
    Barry Cuda

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    Oneill should repair it--it should be covered under their warranty. 3rd party is just the seller.
     
    Barry Cuda, Dec 12, 2017
    Barry Cuda, Dec 12, 2017
  7. Dec 12, 2017 #5
    UnfurleD

    UnfurleD Well-Known Member

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    peanut butter n ice
     
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  8. Dec 12, 2017 #6
    LBCrew

    LBCrew Well-Known Member

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    Go zipless...
     
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  9. Dec 12, 2017 #7
    Barry Cuda

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    I was once trapped in a uterus--is that the same thing??
     
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  10. Dec 12, 2017 #8
    CBSCREWBY

    CBSCREWBY Well-Known Member

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    He's trying to get out of a wet suite... We don't need to know your kinky sex fantasies!!! :rolleyes:

    My zipper was stuck once and I asked a random women for some help. She was on her cell and she told the person she was talking to, "Hold on. I'm helping a man get undressed."
     
    CBSCREWBY, Dec 12, 2017
    CBSCREWBY, Dec 12, 2017
  11. Dec 12, 2017 #9
    grainofsand

    grainofsand Well-Known Member

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    candle wax first next time (the oil from the wax won't stain or run). run a candle up and down the zipper then unzip.
     
    grainofsand, Dec 12, 2017
    grainofsand, Dec 12, 2017
  12. Dec 12, 2017 #10
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Maybe not since he Indiana Jones'd the suite.
     
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  13. Dec 12, 2017 #11
    ChavezyChavez

    ChavezyChavez Well-Known Member

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    I'd have just left it on until April.
     
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  14. Dec 12, 2017 #12
    Barry Cuda

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    So he was to FedEx himself to Oneill still in the suit??
     
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  15. Dec 12, 2017 #13
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    He should have tried some K-Y
     
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  16. Dec 12, 2017 #14
    Barry Cuda

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    Wouldn't his wife want to know why he has KY jelly readily available??
     
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  17. Dec 12, 2017 #15
    headhigh

    headhigh Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like a factory defect on the zipper. Should have bought from a local surfshop so you have someone to throw the suite at when it sucks.
     
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    headhigh, Dec 12, 2017
  18. Dec 12, 2017 #16
    mushdoc

    mushdoc Well-Known Member

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    Update-Oniell is going to replace. Some of these responses were umm...helpful. I did try some of them but uh KY? No.
    (Indiana Jones- more like full on freak out)
     
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  19. Dec 12, 2017 #17
    CJsurf

    CJsurf Well-Known Member

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    The older I get and the worse my shoulders get.......I'm more or less trapped every time I try to get out of my suits. My 5 mil usually requires someone to help.
     
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    CJsurf, Dec 12, 2017
  20. Dec 12, 2017 #18
    La_Piedra

    La_Piedra Well-Known Member

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    No such animal, doesn't exist. Any place with summer rentals have summer kooks.
     
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  21. Dec 12, 2017 #19
    sigmund

    sigmund Well-Known Member

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    I have the opposite problem, trying to zip up my oneill mutant. You have to put both ends of the zipper together, then hold em at an odd uncomfortable angle while you try and line up the zipper and zip it. If your first few attempts fail, arm fatigue sets in, and then it all goes really badly from there.

    Fortunately the mutant is retired until April. Rip Curl 6/5 integrated zip to the rescue.
     
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  22. Dec 12, 2017 #20
    surfrat6

    surfrat6 Active Member

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    +1
    5 mil is a like a straitjacket houdini act with old man shoulders.
     
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