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Kokatat drysuits are quality, I know. But honestly most of the time I am paddling I WOULD NOT want to be in my drysuit all day. Occasionally there are times I would want to put it on, but usually don't and hope I dont swim. If I did, it would be unpleasantly cold, but likely not dangerous.
Id be more inclined to buy pants and a top just because of cost and also they serve double duty as extra rain gear in a week long downpour or serve as waders seperatly during for shoulder season.
If you do the two piece up well, I know it will leak, but for a river situation when you are going to swim to shore shortly, wouldnt this be good enough? It would prevent the initial shock of hitting 10Celcius water and should do the trick for a minute or so. for 1/3 of the cost.
I really only do tripping when it cold out (trips go ahead regardless of weather), and have been levelling up recently to class 2/3 water on most of our reaches. I have only dunked once on a class 3 in 5 years on a 3+ days trip. ~10 trips in total. That happened to be middle of summer in 30C weather.
Buying a two peice waste of money even though it saves money? I am on the fence, leaning towards cheaper and good enough. The kokatat full gortex drysuit is as much as a canoe almost.
Id be more inclined to buy pants and a top just because of cost and also they serve double duty as extra rain gear in a week long downpour or serve as waders seperatly during for shoulder season.
If you do the two piece up well, I know it will leak, but for a river situation when you are going to swim to shore shortly, wouldnt this be good enough? It would prevent the initial shock of hitting 10Celcius water and should do the trick for a minute or so. for 1/3 of the cost.
I really only do tripping when it cold out (trips go ahead regardless of weather), and have been levelling up recently to class 2/3 water on most of our reaches. I have only dunked once on a class 3 in 5 years on a 3+ days trip. ~10 trips in total. That happened to be middle of summer in 30C weather.
Buying a two peice waste of money even though it saves money? I am on the fence, leaning towards cheaper and good enough. The kokatat full gortex drysuit is as much as a canoe almost.