Vintage Rubber Drysuits - Still Made! - Scuba Tech Tips: S11E15

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  • @Potageduyour
    @Potageduyour 4 роки тому +3

    Oooh! Now I understand those old pictures! Thanks for telling us about it 😊

  • @scubasteveandunderwaterroc3547
    @scubasteveandunderwaterroc3547 4 роки тому +3

    That double hose looks beautiful!

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      It's Kevin's restored 1975 Aqua-Master. Look back at a past Tech Tips to see its modern features in detail.

  • @williamgauthier9294
    @williamgauthier9294 4 роки тому +2

    Wow! Who would have thought rubber! Great video. I had a smile on my face from start to finish!😃

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! I wore these suits for many years, kept me dry, not too warm, but that's all we could afford.

  • @Will-ol9lp
    @Will-ol9lp 4 роки тому +1

    Now that’s cool. Someone still making the vintage dry suits all this time and looks like great quality as well. Thanks fir another tech tip and stay safe u and your family

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      I am Will. I'm a little surprised at the number of divers who did not know these were still used. An inexpensive alternate to a modern dry suit.

  • @kaiser76
    @kaiser76 4 роки тому +1

    So it is a vintage moment can make your eye shine from the young Alec in 2020 enjoy old modern equiment.

  • @PROSTO4Tabal
    @PROSTO4Tabal 4 роки тому +1

    This is the videos I like the most! Vintage + Alec Pierce + Scuba, learning history, having fun and expanding my scuba comprehension. Thanks!
    Will be great to see more videos of this mighty New Vintage Rubber Drysuit, like expierience of diving with udewear bit deeper like open water for example.

  • @BenevolentBall
    @BenevolentBall 4 роки тому +3

    I would like to see a video on the man who takes all the jokes without the chance for any come backs. Let's meet Kevin! I think he deserves his own video at this point. Whether it's on At The Ranch or Scuba Tech Tips Let's meet the man behind the camera!

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +2

      Oh Spencer, you don't want to see Kevin. He has a face only for radio!!! Hope we have many more years of tips before ending. I have lots of ideas to share but we are being very safe this year and only shooting every 3 months or so. Still have more coming to make you a safer and smarter diver.

  • @tobyarmstrongcameraman9207
    @tobyarmstrongcameraman9207 4 роки тому +2

    I bought that drysuit, to use will diving as a HASMAT suit during the BP spill off Louisiana. IT worked great. Mine fit tighter, giving my gut a Sixpack .

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      Well that's a use I had not thought of before. Thanks for letting me know Toby and for watching.

  • @andrecandrade
    @andrecandrade 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome video! Old days were so cool!

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      They were a time of great innovation and experimenting. How many divers today would put on an all rubber 2 piece drysuit and be glad to have it?

  • @heshamzaky8158
    @heshamzaky8158 4 роки тому +3

    NICE VEDIO. HELLO FROM EGYPT

  • @Bierstadt54
    @Bierstadt54 4 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh this was so cool!!!! Vintage diver in a vintage wetsuit with a vintage regulator. I felt like I was watching dive history, and the fact you can get all that stuff now just makes it even cooler!
    I was wondering how the diver handled suit squeeze with a rubber suit, then Alec answered my question: you don't. Ouch. I think I stick with my trilam, but this was a great video. Thanks Alec.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      Sure is but they are made better today. Lots of fun vintage diving.

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      Against suit squeeze, you can blow air by mouth down through the lower rim of the hood into the suit, which takes some skill.

  • @nathanjohnson9231
    @nathanjohnson9231 4 роки тому

    I've watched many of your videos Alex, but don't think I've seen you this happy before. You looked like a school kid who just got off for summer break!
    Great video, and good tag for Vintage Double Hose. I'm looking at some slightly older single hose regs and have been reading their info on rebuilding them. Great website.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      Glad you like them Nat. I'm always happy when I can get back to my long ago youth using the old gear. I first started diving back in 1958 when using rocks to help descend was typical!

    • @barrettblake7097
      @barrettblake7097 4 роки тому

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter But boy sometimes you need a lot of rocks

  • @djpremier7120
    @djpremier7120 Рік тому +1

    I miss good old vintage scuba videos

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  Рік тому +1

      Working on new ones. Have to make more as they are Kevin’s favourites.
      A

    • @djpremier7120
      @djpremier7120 Рік тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter You have made my day Sir

  • @lmlmd2714
    @lmlmd2714 4 роки тому +1

    I'm amazed that it works with an integrated hood with the face seal - I fully expected that to leak like crazy. Looks like modern drysuit makers could learn a few tricks from the retro guys... That suit squeeze though - makes me wince just thinking about it!

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      The hood is snug all around like the cuffs and waist. There is some squeeze but because its still an open cuff, not fully closed like a modern dry suit, its not so bad.

    • @ThePlexman
      @ThePlexman 3 роки тому

      The company also does one that seals at the neck like a normal suit

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      Against suit squeeze, you can blow air by mouth down through the lower rim of the hood into the suit, which takes some skill.

  • @Juhuuu
    @Juhuuu 9 місяців тому +2

    More "proper" rubber dry suits are still made in Finland by family business called Sukelluspuku Loitokari Oy. They are made from a thicker rubber and have inflate and exhaust valves like a normal suit. The hood, gloves and boots are all integrated and the only seal against your skin is on the face like with the suit shown in the video. You can wear as much or as little undergarments as you need depending on the water temperature.

  • @AerialTheShamen
    @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому +1

    Did you know, a similar vintage-style chest entry latex drysuit is still regularly used by Chinese fishermen or pearl farmers.
    Surprisingly they are still made by a Chinese company of the apparent name "Donuawaders" (websearch it). Their suits are more loose fitting than western counterparts, and exist in black, beige or a kind of pink. Versions with or without hood and either boots or diving socks exist. Beside the classic chest entry (aka "tunnel entry") there is also a slightly more expensive variant (not sealed enough for diving?) with zip in front of a folded rubber gasket.
    Instead of "drysuit" these exotic things tend to be mostly offered under confusing Engrish names like "fishing waders" and can be only found on import websites like AliExpress or Taobao (or overpriced on eBay). The material they are made of is listed as 1mm Gyrosigma rubber.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  3 роки тому +2

      Did not know that, thanks for sharing. For us vintage divers, this is the same as 1960's home made suits but fit at don't leak. Take care.

    • @VoorTrekker88
      @VoorTrekker88 Рік тому

      dude thank you so much for this comment! I'm definitely getting one of these!

  • @AtraxJoe
    @AtraxJoe 4 роки тому +1

    I jumped in the middle of the video, just by accident (Min 4:40) aaaaaaaand THX God for letting us know that this is a scuba diving "drysuit", otherwise it could happen to think that's the latest model of a sexy latex jump suit out of the around the corner sex shop 😳🤣👌.
    Cheers

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Well my wife thinks I'm sexy, but also crazy so it averages out. Thanks for watching and sorry for the scare.

    • @AtraxJoe
      @AtraxJoe 4 роки тому

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      "I'm sexy and I know it..." 😉

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Latex is not just for sex. Much earlier than all that "fetish" marketing, inflatable latex suits were used by spiritualists for trance to communicate with the spirit realm. Trance suits are still in use for meditation.

    • @VoorTrekker88
      @VoorTrekker88 Рік тому +1

      @@AerialTheShamen Can you please share some of whatever you are smoking with me?

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen Рік тому

      @@VoorTrekker88 Drugs are sin! I never abuse any.

  • @autoculto7629
    @autoculto7629 4 роки тому +3

    Someone is pulling your leg Alex. That's a fetish BDSM latex rubber suit lol. On a serious note, I had a buddy who had a dry hood and once forgot his under cap. He decided to continue and have the dive but because the hood sealed over his ears he ended up blowing out both ear drums with the squeeze

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Oh I thought of that Auto but I actually used these suits for many years (not it the way your thinking!). The hood is very snug and ear problems may be a problem is you're not careful. Thanks for the feedback and laugh.

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      Latex is not BDSM! Much earlier than all that "fetish" marketing nonsense, inflatable latex suits were used by spiritualists for trance to communicate with the spirit realm. Trance suits are still in use for meditation.
      Against suit squeeze, you can blow air by mouth down through the lower rim of the hood into the suit, which takes some skill.

  • @adamsons2890
    @adamsons2890 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Alec, I’m an older diver/ snorkeler. Barascubas and Aquanights out of Hamilton. I’m mainly snorkeling now and I’ve always used wetsuits. Dobsons,Bobs Sport n’Dive. I feel the cold a lot more now, especially my hands. I really don’t want to invest in an expensive dry suit but I’ve always wanted one. Could you please recommend an older or vintage dry suit I might be able to get. Thankyou

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  2 роки тому +2

      Hello neighbour. If you want to avoid the cost of a drysuit but need warm hands, then try heated wetsuits. Watch video S13E20 "Heated vest for divers" for core heating plus search for heated scuba gloves. There are a few (make sure they are wet and not for dry suits). I'm with you on loving diving but not the cold. These two heating units plus an excellent 7mm should keep you comfortable without a big ticket price. Give it a look and visit your LDS's for their ideas and fitting.
      A

    • @adamsons2890
      @adamsons2890 2 роки тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Thankyou very much Alex. I was Googling dry suits and I came across your channel. I will definitely check out the heated vests,accessories that are available. Also,I’ll subscribe to your channel…love the fact you’re local. You’ve got a great sense of humour. Our family,my parents,used to Dive at Toby and many of the local quarries in the 60’s and 70’s. You said,” hello neighbor,”do you live close by? You did mention Lake Simcoe in one of your videos.

  • @matthewhignite
    @matthewhignite 4 роки тому +2

    this video i think is a tech tip and vintage scuba

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      I thought about it for Vintage Scuba but I know lots of west coast divers who still use an all rubber suit today. Thanks for watching Matthew.

    • @matthewhignite
      @matthewhignite 4 роки тому +1

      alec that is a good modern twist on a old drysuit

  • @timgosling6189
    @timgosling6189 4 роки тому +2

    I want the one where you can just step out of it and reveal your immaculate cream tux and bow tie. Seriously though, I can see suit squeeze being a real problem once you get past pool depths. Did people have to just eat a lot of Mexican food before diving?

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Ha just like Arnold did in the movie True Lies!!! Squeeze can be a bit tight but as it's not completed sealed like a modern dry suit, you can pull out the cuffs to get air/water into reduce the squeeze marks.

    • @timgosling6189
      @timgosling6189 4 роки тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter you'd let water in? Not where I dive, at least not on purpose!

  • @ephraimwiesel2110
    @ephraimwiesel2110 4 роки тому +1

    Hi alec
    The adage everything old is new again.
    Double hoses ,now rubber dry suit.
    What other vintage gear would you like to see again ?

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +3

      Oh I dived with all the 'vintage gear' when it was new! It's only vintage looking back but todays gear is so much more comfortable, safe and easy to use. Not a lot I would like to see modernized, just in bigger sizes for my older vintage friends.
      Kevin's Aqua-Lung reg is a 1975 model upgraded by vintagedoublehose.com to modern standards. Still looks old but works so much better than the original.

  • @nosmosisprod
    @nosmosisprod 4 роки тому

    Alec Love your videos!!! Time for a collaboration with Divers Ready! Please!!!

    • @toriless
      @toriless 4 роки тому

      That is the only other SCUBA youtube channel I watch besides this one. Alec is a lot funnier though.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Maybe one day but for now I'm not taking any chances with COVID. I'm old and have lots more to share. Thanks for watching Richard.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      I don't try to be but after 60+ years of diving and owning dozens of dive stores, I'm pretty set in my presentation style. Appreciate your watching and my crazy humour.

  • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
    @DEVINE.IMAGE. 4 роки тому +2

    Could you imagine the squeeze on a tek dive

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Ouch, its not 100% sealed so not as bad as a modern drysuit going deep.

    • @DEVINE.IMAGE.
      @DEVINE.IMAGE. 4 роки тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter can you do some vids on Rebreathers for us silent divers

  • @michailchoursoulidis2445
    @michailchoursoulidis2445 2 місяці тому

    I am looking to one of these suits, first time getting a dry suit, all I have read on the net is that you will get squezed by the pressure of water, however since I saw you diving with this suit, is the squeze bearable to dive up to 5 meters with weights with a snorkel wearing this kind of suit?

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  2 місяці тому +1

      There is no real squeeze like in a drysuit as water can enter to equalize. It's a snug fit to stop water flushing through but not problem on any recreational dive. Give them a try. Lot cheater, less maintenance than a proper dry suit.
      A

  • @z00ropa
    @z00ropa 4 роки тому +1

    I have a hard enough time getting in my regular drysuit, I think trying to get myself in one of those would dry me nuts.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      It can be a two person job if your not flexible (like me).

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      To get into such a suit, you may add silicone oil or water based lubricant to prevent tackiness. Do not pull by raw force (especially no fingernails), else it may tear.

  • @TomKnudsen
    @TomKnudsen 4 роки тому

    Hi Alec.. They still use these types of drysuits in Norway. It is called Viking (fitting name) and it's Norwegian produced. The Company Viking of Stavanger, Norway started to make rubber scuba suits back in the 50-60s and was the only suits american oilworkers wanted to use while offshore diving in Norway back in the 70s. Here is an image of todays drysuit still in use images.finncdn.no/dynamic/320w/2019/1/vertical-5/23/5/138/764/855_919255858.jpg

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      Thats a big guy in a suit all right. The one I'm wearing is for warmer waters unless putting on layers underneath. It's not a dry suit but can be better than a wet suit is some instances. Thanks for sharing Tom.

  • @WylieECoyote56
    @WylieECoyote56 4 роки тому

    Hi Alec, I spoke to you about the Bauer KA10B dive compressor not so long ago. If you are interested I have got it going and have listed it on eBay!

  • @moclepocle
    @moclepocle 4 роки тому

    Hey Alec, it is Miguel from the Conc republic (Florida). What is the best way to preserver rubber products, at home?

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +3

      Glad to help Miguel. Suggest watching my Vintage Scuba S05E12 where I cover cleaning, spraying and storing old rubber products. If you watch my Vintage Scuba series and see how many items are 50+ years old and still look great, its because of how I preserve and store items. Good luck sir.

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      Store latex completely dry in a dark box in an airtight PE/PP plastic bag because ozone and the combination of oxygen+UV light decomposes it. Do not let it come in contact with metal (particularly copper or silver), fat or oil (except silicone oil). Against stickiness add corn starch powder (talc damages the lung and makes allergic against latex). You may also use silicone oil, but it may be less effective because the starch also neutralizes small amounts of sulphuric acid that may get produced by the sulphur in decaying rubber.

  • @leopoldbloom4835
    @leopoldbloom4835 4 роки тому

    Was that a thumb up for saying ok at 7:15 ? I'm shocked!!

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      Oh my bad. Good eyes Leo!

    • @leopoldbloom4835
      @leopoldbloom4835 4 роки тому

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Never mind, it can happen to the best - obviously. 😁

    • @seikibrian8641
      @seikibrian8641 4 роки тому

      So many people freak out over that, and it's silly. The "ascend" hand signal is properly a thumb pointed up and *moving* up and down. A stationary thumb up or one thrust forward is a "Fonz." ;-)

    • @leopoldbloom4835
      @leopoldbloom4835 4 роки тому

      @@seikibrian8641 Actually, I was being ironic. Still, if there’s an official dive sign, you should stick to it. Things can get messy when everyone makes variations and expects the others to figure out what they mean.

  • @gordonmessinger1986
    @gordonmessinger1986 4 роки тому +1

    WHERE CAN I BUY ONE OF THESE RUBBER DRY SUITS

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +2

      Here is were to get what I'm wearing:
      ▶︎ Hydroglove: www.HydroGlove.com
      - Drysuits, Accessories, Rain/Wet Weather Gear, Swim Wear
      - All-rubber frogman suits for collectors, surfers and vintage divers.

  • @Ibanezjem2010
    @Ibanezjem2010 4 роки тому

    I dove one of these a few years back. I stayed completely dry.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому

      They can be lots of fun but getting into them may require two people. Glad you like this video.

  • @scubamystic8860
    @scubamystic8860 4 роки тому

    Does it have a P valve?

  • @wollem5136
    @wollem5136 4 роки тому

    Who inspired you when you went "long diving" for the first time?

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  4 роки тому +1

      My inspiration for scuba was Mike Nelson from "Sea Hunt". I wanted to dive with sharks, catch the bad guys and kiss a girl after the dive. Only 2 of the 3 came true!

    • @wollem5136
      @wollem5136 4 роки тому +1

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter hahaha good to hear. Love your videos keep putting them out and by the way you inspire me.

  • @Caderic
    @Caderic 4 роки тому +1

    Great video!!!
    I consider you a very professional person, albeit personable. Being professional, do you ever find yourself diving a thumbs up when you should give the OK sign? The reason I ask, you seem like the kind of guy that would give a thumbs up when encouraging people to say "good job."

  • @billsixx
    @billsixx 3 роки тому

    If the water is cold enough for a drysuit, I don't need to be in it. Also, I dislike the way a drysuit squeezes you like a vacuum-bagged chicken leg.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  3 роки тому

      Even though I don't like cold water anymore, used to love ice diving, there is still great diving in cool to cold waters. From British Columbia up to Alaska on the west coast has amazing critters, wrecks and icebergs. If you can be comfortable in a dry suit or thick wetsuits, give it a try or watch from shore. Thanks for watching.

    • @AerialTheShamen
      @AerialTheShamen 3 роки тому

      AFAIK you could blow air into the suit by pulling the neck seal over the mouth, which however takes some skill. The entire suit is a bit acrobatic, but I am surprised that Chinese fisherman and pearl farmers still regularly(!) wear similar latex things known as "fishing waders", apparently made by Donuawaders.

  • @davidjones-wy3ln
    @davidjones-wy3ln 4 роки тому +1

    here ebcause i want a suit thats plastic free

  • @Ibanezjem2010
    @Ibanezjem2010 2 роки тому

    I ordered one of these hydroglove drysuits A YEAR and 1/2 ago. Nothing but crap, 1st suit he sent had patches all over it and it had pin holes in the legs. Horrible service, horrible product. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone. I finally requested a refund because I still didn't have my suit and it didn't look like I ever would get it. Excuse after excuse.

    • @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter
      @AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter  2 роки тому +1

      That is disappointing. My version for this demo was fine. Keep at them for satisfaction. If nothing soon, contact me at aleccpeirce@gmail.com with a summary of the problem. I'll take it to him.
      A

    • @Ibanezjem2010
      @Ibanezjem2010 2 роки тому

      @@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter He already gave up on making one for me and refunded my money.