DUI Zipseals

[LKunze]

If you are using wet gloves then I can see the zip seals being worth it.  If you have a dry glove/ring system like the Diving Concepts, Si-Tech or Viking then the zip seals aren't worth it in my opinion.  Sure you can mount your rings to the zip seals and keep the wrist seal intact on the inside but it's pretty unlikely in my experience that you are going to have a wrist seal fail with rings installed to them.  I easily get two years out of my wrist seals with my Diving Concepts rings mounted to them.  The rings never come off the suit until I replace them.  I just replace the seals once they start to check or develop dry rot with age.  Many dive shops can replace a pair of wrist seals for around $70 and turn it around in a weeks time.  The replacement zip seals cost $118 according to DUI's site.  To me the zip neck seal sounds like a decent idea but then again you can always patch a neck seal too with a little Kentucky Chrome and save a dive weekend.  A couple buddy's of mine and myself have done this with great success even with the neck seal split all the way down to where it meets the suit material.  No leaks whatsoever even after multiple dives.  In my opinion the zip seals while a convenience aren't worth the added cost.