Looking for feedback

Okay, I just dropped a bunch of dough on the NRS Mission drysuit.  I figured the downtown Portland REI had on instock, it fit me, I'm a fanboy of eVent, and I get a substantial REI dividend back.  Suit was $849.00, and I should be getting about 10% of that back in dividend, which means I basically bought the suit for about $780.00.  Not cheap, but then, if it lasts 3 years or more, it is worth the investment.

I'll post a gear review about it shortly - I'm hoping the magic seaweed surf report is right about conditions tomorrow off Cape Kiwanda, so it may get a workout tomorrow am.

I have a mountaineering jacket made with the eVent Pro ripstop fabric, and have worn it from last November through now.  It vents really well in my experience, better than the jackets that I have made of Goretex - the jacket is a 3 layer eVent laminate, and it outperforms, in terms of comfort level, my 2 layer Goretex paclite shells.

Anyone have advice on getting a head full of long hair through a latex gasket?  That was the only difficult part - not ripping my hair out as I was trying to get my head through the neck gasket.

One of the EE's at REI told me that a new 20% off coupon is coming out soon. If you can wait until then on the dry suit, I'd return the one you have and buy it in a month.

Another option is the Labor Day sale coming up. Starts the last Friday in August. Use "Live Help" on REI.com and ask them if your suit will be on sale.

Madoc... cut it off..     i have a dry top i get into and i gtried on a dry suit at Back Packer Supply.  My suggestion is just to pull it back into a pony tail. I do when i got out on the Yak to keep it out of my Eyes.

Glad I don't have to deal with that.  My hair has been slipping off the top so I just buzz it to 1/4" all the way around.  No problem-o with latex and my hair.  Latex and the choke hold is another story. 

As for the hair...what about wearing a toboggan as you put on the suit?

put it in a bun

As for the hair...what about wearing a toboggan as you put on the suit?

Shave it!   
Dries quickly.

Man, I just realized I have the meridian, not the front entry. Front entry is much less expensive. I could have beaten/matched that price on a new one for you I think

Shave it!   
Dries quickly.

Thats what I finally did.  I was just too excited and couldn't wait for my bald spots to merge in to one Pangea-like bald spot  .

Shave it!   
Dries quickly.

Thats what I finally did.  I was just too excited and couldn't wait for my bald spots to merge in to one Pangea-like bald spot  .

Going bald is a great excuse to just buzz it all off.
This time last year I was dealing with glasses or contacts, and morning hair.  Not no more! 
Post Lasik and a run with the clippers, my out the door time just dropped to under a minute.   
 

Insayn. i got my out the door time in less then 5 minutes and i am a girl. i have thought about the short to almost no hair. but most men prefer some hair on there Ladies.