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#54438 - 09/12/06 12:38 AM
Wetsuit buying in Phuket
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lexster
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Hello there, I'm new here.
I'm doing a liveaboard to the Similans in November plus maybe a few dives to Hin Muang.
I'd like to buy a wetsuit in Phuket and was hoping someone could recommend a good suit/shop. I'm after a full length 5mm as I do a bit of diving in the Red Sea as well and have tended to get a bit chilly diving in a shortie at the Similans before.
I've seen an online made to measure place called Hotwave Wetsuits. Any experience of it? I should add, I live in West London and don't see much in the way of dive shops here!
Thanks in advance 
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#54439 - 09/12/06 09:59 AM
Re: Wetsuit buying in Phuket
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stevenl
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Loc: Kata, Phuket, Thailand
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Hotwave is good, what they normally do is tailor made wetsuits, for about the same price as a rack suit back home. Good suits, but if you don't need a tailor made one, I would not buy there.
IMO Deep Blue is excellent, and not expensive as well. A 5 mil DP wetsuit will cost you about 6,000 Baht, 125-130 GBP.
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#54440 - 09/12/06 03:06 PM
Re: Wetsuit buying in Phuket
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lexster
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Thanks for the quick info. Is Deep Blue the German shop here? : http://www.deep-blue-divers.de/frameset_en.htm
That seems like a reasonable price to me, I don't think I'll need a tailor made suit. Are they easy to find? What part of Phuket are they based in? Sorry for all the questions.
Many thanks
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#54441 - 09/12/06 06:52 PM
Re: Wetsuit buying in Phuket
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stevenl
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No, they have nothing to do with eachother.
Deep Blue is a brand, locally made and in use with many DC's here, also mine.
So you can also buy it at many DC's on PHuket.
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#54442 - 09/12/06 10:15 PM
Re: Wetsuit buying in Phuket
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lexster
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Thanks Steven, I've pm'ed you
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