(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Bob Gramann:
I'm 6'2". Having a suit cut "a little long" is never a problem.

I'm 6'5". Had one made semi-custom and, in my opinion, Kokatat
dropped the ball by mis-locating the waist cinch (which keeps the
bottom half of the suit from dropping too low).

Extra body length is a Good Thing bc it allows one to draw the
knees up to the chest without running out of suit length.

But in a normal posture, something is needed to "keep the pants
up" so-to-speak. That's the waist cinch strap - analogous to a
belt.

Internal suspenders are another option/feature that some dry suit
manufacturers offer.

Four inches lower, and it would work.

It irked me to pay all that line for a suit, even offer to pay
more to have the waist thing fixed, and have them say "sorry, we
don't do stuff like that."

I get the impression that's because Kokatat doesn't make their own
suits. Their custom orders are sent to an overseas factory, which has
limited capacity to make modifications. They can't even do things as
basic as retrofitting Gore-Tex socks on their suits, you have to send
them to a third party.