New Heated Wetsuits Crash Compilation Video

Why would someone buy this over the quicksilver heated vest? the battery last just as long and it cost $200 cheaper.
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am i missing anything?

 

I still really do not understand the need for a heated wetsuit. I wear a 6/5 and have never been cold and I have been out in 20 degree air and 38 degree water. Maybe if you go up to northern Maine or its under 10 degrees you might need one but for NH a 6/5 is fine. Im sure there are people out in 5/4's all year as well. The key to staying warm when you are surfing in the winter.....keep moving.

 

Cause the Quiksilver one stinks. It only has 1 heating element in the center. And, I believe these have 2 on each side of the back. Just like the Rip-Curl vest does. The Thermalution is just as good as the H-bomb vest, if not better. So, I've heard......

 

I dont think the idea behind a heated wetsuit is you cant be warm in a 6/5 in 38 degree water. I think everyone who owns a good one knows you can.

The idea is when the technology comes around you may be equally warm in a 3/2 in 38 degree water.

 

What happens when you heating mechanism dies while you are in the water? Looks like then end of your day. I try to stay away from things that can break as much as possible. A heating element is just another addition to a suit that increases the price and has the potential for failure. I have never found my 6/5 to restrict movement the only down side is its tougher to get off than my 4/3. If we are talking advancements in wetsuits I would like to see a company develop an "easy off" suit. Getting out of a 6/5 when its 25 degrees out and the wind is whipping can be a race against the clock.

 

I much rather wear a hooded 4/3 with a heated vest over a 6/5. I have never owned a 6/5.... but I can't stand even wearing my 5/4.

 

I find it hard to believe that your 6/5 isn't any more restricting than your 4/3

 

buy what? there were no heated wetsuits in the video. seems to be just a youtube promotional name. but maybe i'm missing something...

 

Yes my 6/5 is more restrictive than my 4/3 but in the same way that 2 pounds is heavier than 1 lbs, neither are that restrictive.

I feel like the winter/heated wetsuit debate cannot happen between people from Northern New England and people from New Jersey, the water temps are drastically different. Maybe a heated 4/3 will work in a NJ winter but no way it works in a NH winter.

 

How so? You mentioned 38 degrees in an earlier post. 38 is a pretty typical water temp for New Jersey for a good part of January, February and March. Isnt it air temps that are actually drastically colder up in NH? Just curious.

And why wouldn't the heated suit work up north? I would have thought places like NH are exactly where the heated suits make sense?

 

I didn't realize it got that cold down there. I figured with 70+ degree summer temps it only dropped into the low 40s in the winter. Anyway though with temps in the mid 30s' wouldn't your arms and legs get extremely cold wearing a 4/3 with a heated vest? I know when I get back into my 4/3 around late april my legs get a bit cold and the water at that point is into the 40s.

Overall I have never felt the need for nor wished I had a heated suit and I have never felt like my 6/5 restricts my ability to surf, then again there are certain air temps when I will not go out.

 

when i have my 6mil xcel suit on, i feel like a mummy. can not move easily at all compared to my 4/3. much prefer the 4 mil, i hate everything about the 6mil

 

I got the new 6/5 hyperflex AMP 3 for this winter and it is unbelievably stretchy and warm, almost too warm at times.

 

Anyone have first hand experience with any type of heat vest

 

I know someone who has worn the 4/3 heated suit, and says its amazing... Sweating in the middle of winter.
Its just the price tag that is what is stopping these suits from becoming more popular.

 

No, the vest heats up your core/blood, which circulates through your extremities.

 

Just chucking it out there... what about those Thermacare rock heating pads? No batteries need and those thing heat up something awful.

JB

 

I had the Quiksilver heated vest and wore it a lot last winter with my 4/3.. It does make a slight difference, but you wont even know it's doing anything if your already starting to get cold or you have even a semi leaky suit. Awesome idea, but not quite worth the $200 in my opinion. Plus the button thing on the side was a little awkward and uncomfortable.