Dry Suit Storage

Anyone store their dry suit like this?
I haven't but wondered if it would be harmful as long at it was dry.

I just have mine hanging by the door between the kitchen and our garage.  That way my wife is reminded (by the smell) where our tasty seafood comes every time she walks by.  I would look at the manufacturers recommendations for safe storage for your particular brand.

I usually hang mine up, but while commuting to and from fishing I gently fold mine and put it in a big plastic tote.

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I usually hang mine up, but while commuting to and from fishing I gently fold mine and put it in a big plastic tote.

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That's what I do too.

I hang it on a big heavy duty hanger I picked up from a diving shop.

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I usually hang mine up, but while commuting to and from fishing I gently fold mine and put it in a big plastic tote.

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+1 ... That's what I do too.  I have a spot in the garage where I can hang my dry top, pants, waders, pfd, etc.

-Sam

At home I hang my dry suits on hangers, with all the zippers open, and I try to arrange them on the hangers so they can air out.  When transporting a dry suit, I fold it in a manner recommended to me by a sales representative for a dry suit company.  He said that you don't want to bend a dry suit zipper too sharply, and that with dry suits which have a diagonal zipper, the place you are most likely to kink a zipper is where it runs over the shoulder of the dry suit.  So he recommended that I (a) lay the dry suit on its stomach, (b) bend the legs at the knees and fold the feet up to the butt of the drysuit, (c) bend the legs at the hips and fold the knees up to the shoulders of the drysuit, (d) wrap the arms of the drysuit around the legs, and (e) tuck the wrists under the legs.  When you do this, the legs provide padding and bulk which prevents the zipper from getting bent too sharply where it runs over the shoulder.  Then I lay it on top of my other gear so it won't get squashed.  Younggun's plastic tote idea is a good one; I'll have to try it.

When I was younger and stupider, I wrecked a tent and some other gear by leaving it packed when it was wet.  That was an expensive error.  Now as soon as I get home from a trip, I hang all my gear up to dry before I do anything else.

After the salt and fish slime is rinsed off good, I hang mine up to dry in the garage for a few days to a week on a drysut/wetsuit hanger that has a fan built in.  It provides enough air flow to fully inflate the suit, so I leave the relief zipper open during drying.  No stinky wet interior after drying.

For storage, I open both zippers and carefully fold it so the zippers won't kink and store in my duffel dry bag in and around the rest of my thermals that I wear on the water under the suit.

I can see that really freaking someone out at first glance with the lights off!

Whoa!  A hanger with a fan!  Pretty cool!  Where did you buy it?

My Kokatat T3 drysuit was the second most expensive item to the kayak.  It is treated with the respect it deserves.

Like others, after rinsing well, I hang it up on a stout hanger in the garage unzipped.

When traveling it gets laid on the ground, booties overlapping and sleeves crossed on the chest, and loosely rolled from the booties up.  It then goes into its dedicated NRS 22L (Medium) drybag.

After fishing and removing the drysuit on site, it is draped over my truck's lumber rack while I deal with all the gear.  Then any sand is brushed off with a small hand whisk, and it is rolled from the booties up and stowed in the drybag. 

The drybag is stowed inverted and open on an old microphone stand with a tennis ball on the top.

The drysuit is almost 5 years old with rather heavy use and still no noticeable bubbles when immersed. 

I plan on washing it this winter.  Any tips and/or suggestions?