Wilko wrote:
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
I'm about to run out of 303 and have been obsessing lately about 303 vs McNett's
UV-Tech - since I hose down my seals with 303 fairly religiously and the folks
at OS Systems tout UV-Tech like it's almost essential to keep the seals going
for any reasonable length of time.

Happened to stop by a local dive shop today - to pick up a wet suit that needed
taking in.

Seeing maybe fifty rental dry suits hanging up in the shop, I asked the guy
there what kind of life he gets out of a set of seals and what they do to
mitigate wear.

The reply was "at least five years" and "nothing except rinse in plain water".


Hmmmm......

That's what I've been doing... And indeed, they last about that long.
Seems like you're paying for something that isn't needed. :-)

Maybe, but I just love the way 303 makes the latex gaskets all supple
and slippery! I smile every time I put my drysuit on after 303ing the
gaskets, and not just because I'm gonna go boating! :-)

And I didn't pay anything for my bottle of 303, per se! Got it with
Boater Bucks I got from NRS after buying my son a drysuit from there!
:-)

John Kuthe...