Salvimar 2.5mm HT wetsuit

[Jonny631]

Has anyone used one of these suits?

[Mattedhead]

I have one, but it was too cold to wear it this weekend. It is by far the stretchiest, best fitting suit I have ever put on, and I have had several custom suits. If you are in between sizes, GET THE SMALLER ONE! It's that stretchy.

I am wearing a medium-
6' 175lbs, 32" waist, 40" chest, 32" inseam

Inside is lined and the outside is not lined, but very durable it seems...very similar to the chest of a surf suit...a textured "shark-skin" like rubber. A friend wore it in 71*F water and was plenty warm. He also raked the entire back of it across a piece of jagged metal inside a wreck, and it didn't even nick the bare rubber.

I will be wearing it for five consecutive days the first week in May and can give you my impressions at that point if you aren't in a rush.

I did get to use "Little Evil" this weekend, a Salvimar Intruder Pro 60, and was very happy with it! I have a fair bit of Salvimar gear at this point and everything has been veryy impressive with regards to quality/ fit & finish.

[Castronova]

I don't think its possible to make a suit that fits better. It basically vacuum seals on your body. I only tried it on and I can't imagine a suit being more stretchy.

I'm fighting everything in my brain to not order one. Lack of loading pad is the only thing saving my wallet. I'm almost considering growing out my chest hair to order that damn suit.

The sharkskin exterior seems very durable, much more so that the Elios I just saw that would tear by a fingernail, at least it seemed.