PAKAIAN SELAM GANDA
Ganda pakaian selam adalah traditional hood-attached jaket and long-john combination. It’s a 5mm suit designed for temperate-water diving.
Although Mares is an Italian brand, the suit itself is, in common with many other makes, manufactured in Cambodia.
Lower Far Eastern manufacturing costs, and the fact that the Dual is fairly basic, enables Mares to market this as a budget suit. It actually costs less than my last “made in Britain” semi-dry did 30 years ago.
Testing wetsuits is a tough gig. Here’s why. Individuals have different predispositions towards cold – some people want the windows open, while others want the heating on.
Bergerak keras membuat Anda tetap hangat lebih lama daripada berjongkok tak bergerak di belakang kamera.
Dan bukan hanya fisiologi yang merugikan Anda – begitu pula fisika dan lingkungan. Semakin dalam Anda menyelam, biasanya suhu akan semakin dingin, dan Anda kehilangan lebih banyak panas melalui pernapasan.
Hal ini terjadi karena Anda menghirup udara dengan volume lebih besar, sehingga tubuh Anda memanas sebelum menghembuskan napas. Itu pakaian selam neoprena yang mengisolasi Anda menjadi lebih tipis seiring bertambahnya kedalaman, sehingga Anda menjadi lebih dingin lebih cepat.
Arus juga menciptakan bentuk angin dingin di bawah air, itulah sebabnya Anda bisa membeku saat mengendarai kendaraan penggerak penyelam. Semua ini akan berhasil pakaian selam ulasan sangat subyektif. Jadi, melaporkan secara subyektif, bagaimana kinerja Dualnya?
Desain
The Dual is double-lined. The inner nylon lining makes it easy to slip the suit on and off, and the outer nylon protects the underlying neoprene from abrasion and nicks. It also makes it easier to manufacture using strong, waterproof seams.
Panel neoprene pertama-tama direkatkan dari ujung ke ujung, kemudian dijahit dari setiap sisi. Jahitannya hanya menembus separuh jahitan, tidak seluruhnya, sehingga tidak ada lubang jarum yang bisa dilalui air dingin, dan air hangat keluar, sebagai hasil dari aksi pemompaan yang dilakukan penyelam saat mereka bergerak.
Grafik jaket has a full-length offset YKK nylon zip that runs from hip to cheek. The jock-strap locks into place using a bayonet fitting and has high and low positions – the high position might be used when wearing the jaket with only a swimsuit, for instance.
The hood has pin-holes in the top to allow any trapped air to vent automatically. Unlike Mares premium-line hoods, there’s no one-way baffle to minimise cold water entering through these holes. Hang the jaket up by the jock-strap and water won’t pool in the hood, but will conveniently drain and speed up the drying process.
The long-john has a central zipper. Jaket and long-john zippers are backed by slim flaps to reduce water flow. The long-john has a high neck, and the neck and arm edges are nicely bound. Generous shin-pads are fitted to protect the legs from wear.
Mares make a lot of using a neoprene that provides plenty of stretch. It has also used flex panels behind the knees and at the elbows to prevent the suit creasing here, and pinching or abrading your skin.
As a semi-dry, the Mares Dual has seals made from Glide Skin around the face, wrists and ankles. These just lie flat against your skin, unlike the inverted seals on some other suits.
The suit size is marked inside the wrist-seal, making it easy to identify on a dive-school’s rental rail. Slight ridges around the forearms prevent wrist instruments shifting position – these might be simple, but they work well.
Di Gunakan
The Dual provides 10mm of insulation around the torso, where the jacket overlaps the long-john. As Mares categorises this as a suit for temperate waters, my question is: what temperature is that?
Musim dingin di Gibraltar menghasilkan langit biru yang cerah, suhu udara yang hangat, dan suhu air yang mencapai 14°C, itulah sebabnya sebagian besar penyelam lokal yang mampu membeli pakaian kering gunakan satu.
Those who can’t rely on 7 or 8mm coldwater suits, not 5mm temperate ones. Still, my job, when testing wetsuits, is to find out how long it takes to get cold!
Maybe it’s a Brexit thing, but I don’t seem to fit European manufacturers’ wetsuits very well. The size 4 was just a little large on me, which created a problem with fair testing, as wetsuits depend on a close fit to perform at their best.
On my first dive, of 50 minutes, I was feeling cold towards the end. I could feel water sloshing in the legs. I use shampoo to test whether the water flushes through test wetsuits, and there was none left in the suit when I took it off, indicating a high degree of flushing.
Saya juga menyadari bahwa ritsleting jaket telah terbuka dan mengeluarkan air melalui leher, seperti gol bunuh diri.
To retest the Dual, I inverted the wrist- and ankle-cuffs. I also donned Mares’ Gold Skin vest. This adds 2mm of extra neoprene and has a lining that both sticks to your skin, eliminating flushing, and reflects back lost body-heat.
Saya menghabiskan waktu yang nyaman pada jarak 15m untuk mengambil foto. Ini merupakan ujian yang cukup berat bagi a pakaian selam, because you’re not moving much and heat-loss in cold water can be rapid. When I removed the Dual this time, the suit was full of shampoo, indicating a much better seal.
Segar dari kinerja yang jauh lebih baik ini, saya memilih untuk melakukan tes akhir tanpa rompi.
Dualnya membuat saya tetap hangat selama satu jam, dan saya bisa memperpanjangnya sedikit jika gambarnya sepadan, dan hasilnya sedikit dingin tetapi tentu saja tidak menggigil.
Kesimpulan
Dual sangat nyaman pakaian selam untuk dipakai masuk dan keluar dari air untuk menyelam seharian. Mengekstrapolasi untuk memberi kelonggaran pada ukuran yang agak besar, yang merupakan kesalahan saya, dan karena saya merasa kedinginan, ini akan menjadi setelan yang bagus untuk suhu di atas remaja.
Ini mencakup banyak tujuan populer Mediterania dan, tentu saja, Laut Merah, di luar bulan-bulan terdingin.
Bagi penyelam muda yang sedang mengalami lonjakan pertumbuhan, Dual juga bisa menjadi pilihan yang menarik. Selalu lebih aman untuk memiliki peralatan sendiri yang terpelihara dengan baik dan pas, namun beberapa orang tua enggan berinvestasi pada peralatan yang anak-anaknya akan melebihi kapasitasnya.
Buy an oversized wetsuit or rent an ill-fitting worn-out suit and your kids will freeze, which is unsafe, and not enjoy the sport. It’s reckless.
The inexpensive Dual would allow them to use an efficient wetsuit of their own under the conditions I’ve outlined. For dive schools in a suitable temperature-band, the Dual would be a good rental choice. In the right conditions, this is a wetsuit I’m very happy to recommend.
Terima kasih kepada Dive Charters Gibraltar dan Gibraltar SAC atas dukungan pengujiannya, dan kepada Nicky Martinez atas dukungannya fotografi.
Spesifikasi
PENGUJI >Steve Warren
Harga > £195, Kulit Emas £54
UKURAN > Laki-laki 2-7, Perempuan 1-5
WARNA > Black
BERAT > 3.6kg, Kulit Emas 0.8kg (M pria)
HUBUNGI KAMI（CONTACT）> MARES
PANDUAN PENYELAM > 9/10
