O’Three has built its reputation on neoprene dry suits and we are staunch believers in neoprene and the additional benefits it offers over other types of material.
Developments in technology and techniques means that the depths and run times being achieved today are quite simply staggering. Neoprene is being taken into new territory.
O’Three’s new
Constant
Compression
Neoprene (CCN) provides an outstanding combination that addresses all of the issues encountered at extreme depths for long periods of time and will appeal to neoprene and membrane dry suit users alike.
The material in detail.
The outer lining:
The Ri outer lining is now in its twelfth year. The resin impregnation is better now than ever and creates a finish that makes the Ri 1-100ccn extremely strong and snag resistant. The improvements are adding to these suits drying capabilities, which in-turn will further reduce wind chill.
The neoprene:
Although only just over 1mm thick, due to quantum leaps in processes and technology, O’Three has developed a genuinely compressed neoprene that has maintained great thermal insulation, buoyancy has been substantially reduced, buoyancy change is virtually zero and flexibility and durability has been increased way beyond what we thought was achievable.
The inner lining:
Another new development is the lamination of
Contained
Core
Laminate (CCL). Secretly tucked away inside the suit, the structure and support this internal material gives is the reason behind the Constant Compression Neoprene (CCN) increased strength, despite its thickness.
