Stay away from this wetsuit it is so fragile and warranty does not cover tares and rips in rubber material. Mine has fallen apart after only wearing it about 8 times. First tears/rips appeared after session 3.
I watched a Youtube video, about these wetsuits and how good they were for winter conditions. (No mention of how fragile)
So I googled to see who sold in Australia and must of done a bad job coz couldnt find a 5/3 3k in Oz. So ebayed and got an American Store selling them, and ordered one. While the store has been helpful and given me another neorprene wetsuit at cost price (plus freight charge), (not rubber suit which i refused), They said NeilPryde would not warranty tares/rips and this wasnt seen as a wetsuit with longevity, they DONT tell you that in the advertizing hype etc, which p's me off
Yes they are brilliant at keeping the cold out but useless for any longevity unless you gonna use it once a yrear for 3 years.
So disappointed
Consumers beware.
PS. The rips occur putting wetsuit on and taking it off, and the guy in store said ya gotta be careful putting them on FFS, have you tried putting one of these on? Impossible without using sum sort of pressure or force Fn Ridiculous
Back in my spearfishing days we used to use a very weak solution of body wash and warm water -- squirt that into the wetsuit before putting it on and not only does it glide on, it's nicely pre-warmed as well!
Just the ticket for a cold winters day 
I mean sure, you could bring a thermos but that seems a little to organised Not that it's not a good idea!
Then I would not have bought the rubber suit coz I would neva want such a fragile suit, and stuck to a Neoprene Wetsuit
THE SUIT I GOT 4/3 HAS BAMBOO LINEING AND VALCRO ON THE ANKLES, IVE NOTICED A COUPLE OF NICKS BUT I PAID $350 WSS AND I FIGURE IF I CAN GET 3 SEASONS OUT OF IT, THATS A BIT OVER $100 A SEASON ,I WAS CONSIDERING GETTING ANOTHER ONE AND STASHING IT AWAY AT THAT PRICE
THERES A TRICK TO GETTING THEM ON AND OFF, FRIST YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE VALCRO ANKLE STRAPS ARENT ON GETTING IN, AND MAKE SURE THERE OFF WHEN YOUR GETTING OUT OF THE SUIT
ALSO I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE RUBBER STICKING TO IT SELF THE FIRST TIME I USED IT ,BUT AFTER COVERING IT WITH TALC POWDER IT WAS FINE, I WOULD ALSO GIVE IT A COATING OF TALC WHEN STOREING IT FOR THE SUMMER
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THERES A TRICK TO GETTING THEM ON AND OFF, FRIST YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE VALCRO ANKLE STRAPS ARENT ON GETTING IN, AND MAKE SURE THERE OFF WHEN YOUR GETTING OUT OF THE SUIT
That makes for a bit of humour at the beachside shower
I too bought one and so far so good though I've only used it a couple of times. I found it quite easy to put on or off due to the material being quite stretchy. As Keith say the velco ankle straps need to be undone when putting it on or off. I found it much easier than the West Suits wetsuit I have.
Compared to other suits the NP is extremely warm and doesn't let water in. Thats what a steam wetsuit should do. With other suits if you are in the water you can feel the water penetrate the material and you end up cold and soaked.
I'm trying to take care of it as its such a nice warm suit to have on those cold westerly winds plus it cost a fair bit of cash. I'm never buying a cold weather wetsuit that is designed for the surfer marker ever again.
I used to have a O'Neill steamer I bought in America designed for windsurfing and it was great too. Unfortunately I did not look after it and it perished.
yes windextasy bamboo have a look at the web site, the thing i like about them is they don't get wet on the out side so not as much wind chill and they just soak up the sun , here in NSW we have cold westerly winds off the snow and little cloud so you can still be warm even if the temp is 13to14deg
You guys are soft
Guyz sum1 like me should never have bought such a wetsuit But thanks for all the replies, and good to hear not everyone's rubber suit disintergrated after just a few sessions!
The assasin (npx) comes in a 4/3 and I've had no probs with mine. I think Elmo would reccommend them.
But thanks for all the replies, and good to hear not everyone's rubber suit disintergrated after just a few sessions!
