Water wear from Hobie.

From Hobie guru Matt Miller


HOBIE SPRAY TOP   $99.95
3850SM / 3850MD / 3850LG / 3850XL

The Hobie Spray Top can be worn with swim trunks or over a wetsuit. Mix and match layers to get the comfort you desire. Spray and wind protection. Breathable 5000cm3 nylon shell.

Construction Features:
Neck and wrist seals
Neoprene waist seal
Breathable 5000cm3 nylon shell
Offset chest pocket
Arm patch pocket


RED / BLACK
HOBIE FULL WETSUIT - 3/2 RED/BLK   179.00
3854SM / 3854MD / 3854LG / 3854XL

SOLID BLACK
HOBIE FULL WETSUIT - 3/2 LG BLACK   179.00
3856SM / 3856MD / 3856LG / 3856XL

Hobie Full Wetsuit 3mm/2mm For colder days. Add the Hobie Spray Top to further extend the cold weather comfort range. Add a rash guard for chafe protection. Vertical back zip entry.

Features:
Anti-choke neck
Armortex knees
Lumbar Flex Zone

Construction:
100% Dura Flex with mesh chest and back panels
Glued, Blindstitched seams


Also some rashguards and a springsuit.




Z

Ah more proprietary Hobie stuff... 

Let me guess, the wetsuit has some sort of molded butt form that fits perfectly with the Hobie kayak seats?

Actually, that all looks like some decent gear, particularly the spray top.

Kool, but how you supposed to get into the back-zip suit without a pal to pull the zipper???

thats it you gotta have to rent a hobie specialist to zip up the suit for you 

Ah more proprietary Hobie stuff... 

Let me guess, the wetsuit has some sort of molded butt form that fits perfectly with the Hobie kayak seats?

Actually, that all looks like some decent gear, particularly the spray top.

It's ok B, I can get some for you too... 

Kool, but how you supposed to get into the back-zip suit without a pal to pull the zipper???

There's a leash that hangs off the zipper's tab. All back zips go this way and simple enough to use. Surfers have been using this style since the 70's.

Z

Back zip entries aren't too bad, they usually come with a long leash on the zipper that can be reached and pulled up on.

Alternatively, I think Hobie sells an adapter to their sail kit which will allow the 'Hobiest' to attach their zipper to the sail's furling hook to gain leverage.

Back zip entries aren't too bad

I think you just might need that "adapter"... 

Z

Back zip entries aren't too bad

I think you just might need that "adapter"... 

Z

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You guys crack me up!

Like the spray top, but I like my front zip.  I hate to have to self-rescue because I need to pee.

How do most guys handle that?  go onshore and do it in the bushes like a deer?  Hang legs over the side and pee in the water??

How do most guys handle that?  go onshore and do it in the bushes like a deer?  Hang legs over the side and pee in the water??

If you're lucky enough to have a "relief" zipper you can do the latter. If not, onshore w/ the bears. I don't have the relief zipper so I do have to go onshore. Kind of a PITA but until I get enough cash for the version w/ the upgrades it'll have to do. I'm saving up for the Gore Kokatat waders...



Z

you know the hole for the mirage drive to go in?.....

Eh, I start the day with an empty 40oz beer in a can.  I am fortunate enough to have a front zip on the short johnny wetsuit, and I have yet to fill up the 40oz beer can in one 'shot'.  Takes a minute to rinse it out, but keeps me fishing longer!

The Kokatat Goretex dry bibs are SOOOPER pricey: $520 bucks.  The zipper is weird, it's transverse instead of vertical, looks like it was designed by someone with a twisted idea of male anatomy----the zipper is up by the navel!!
The Tropos bibs are only (?!!) $185 but have no zipper.  Someone handy with a heavy duty sewing machine could fit a waterproof drysuit zipper in the proper place for cheap, I would think.