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Old 11-09-2017, 10:39 PM
mattthegorby mattthegorby is offline
 
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As others have said wetsuits work by trapping water between the skin and suit and are not worn in frozen conditions. Even for paddlers a wetsuit is second choice to a waterproof breathable drysuit with long underwear and fleece pants underneath. This is about the same insulation level of you wearing goretex snow pants over fleece pants and long underwear.

Neoprene makes sense if your going to get wet, buy otherwise forget it. Insulation in dry conditions largely comes down to loft of the material and your neoprene is only 3mm - 5mm. Sure, neoprene socks have about the same loft as compressed wool socks and don't breath so it keeps heat... but that is not the case on the upper body when you could wear fleece, thinsulate, or down.

(been paddling, skiing and working in the mountains for over 20 years before moving to the city)

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