A better way to dry your wetsuit

[GOTWAVZ]

So I'm an engineer and tend to over think things. I bought this Underwater Kenetics Wetsuit dryer with the wire hanging out of it, that plugs into 120Volt outlet. My wife got sick of seeing it out front every morning after i went to work with my wetsuit drying from it.  If you don't have one check it out, they work really well...but you need to plug them in.

http://www.uwkinetics.com/products/hangair-drying-system#.URUyn6WG6-I

So being the dork that I am, I didn't want to be restricted to hanging my suit where there was a plug and also the thing ran all night even after my suit was well dried, wasting energy and making noise. 

I checked the voltage and it just happens to work with a 14 Volt rechargeable drill motor battery. I had an older one laying around, put some alligator clips on it and now presto wamo....problem solved. I can hang it out back, in the shed, away from the garage doors up front and it basically dries and then runs out of battery. I take it off in the AM and put it back in the recharger.  Genius...not so much...but i thought i would share. We all hate getting into wet wetsuits.

[colas]

Yup, there are already threads on it
http://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=10183.0
http://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?topic=13944.0

I replaced the ultra-noisy fan by a 120mm PC fan with a speed variator (this one: http://www.materiel.net/ventilateur-pc/silverstone-sst-fm121-20298.html ). Just unscrew the hangair and replace the fan by a PC fan, which is a bit thinner so you will have to use some padding.

At low speed the fan is nearly silent, but the air flow is still quite efficient.

I use it after each session for more than 3 years. Very satisfied, I even bring it in surf trips :-)
Only drawback is that it may damage your wetsuits shoulders with time (neoprene thins out). So now, I let the wetsuit drip a bit before putting in on the hangair, try to use in in a heated room, and remove the wetsuit as soon as it is dry to minimize the time the wetsuit is hung by the shoulders.

[GOTWAVZ]

OOPS...good info there. thanks

[Bulky]

Love it, Wavz!

Stay tuned, I will shortly post one of the most over-thought board racks the Zone has ever seen!

[surfniels]

my solution for drying my suit is pretty cheap but is is easy and it works..
I use a dryer for boots , i slightly extendd the pipes and set it up in the garage where I store my suits.  My  wife freaks out if I take suits inside the house 
my dryer looks a little like this:

[1tuberider]

I store my gear in a van and I hang the wetsuit into a wet box folded over a strap.
This allows the wetsuit to drip dry into a wet collection box which is then pulled from the strap for the next use.  Nothing high tech and a lot better than just throwing the wet suit into a wet box or worse yet no wet box and saltwater every where.

[supthecreek]

I usually just leave it in the wet box and smile as I put it on the next day.... smiling makes it warmer.
If my gear is really cold... it steams when I put it on.

If I am treating myself.... usually when the Van really starts to smell like wet wetsuit... I throw it in the dryer.

I have just gotten used to this way of doing it after years of pulling on frozen wetsuits.... not brilliant... but easy.

[sup_surf_giant]

So I'm an engineer and tend to over think things. I bought this Underwater Kenetics Wetsuit dryer with the wire hanging out of it, that plugs into 120Volt outlet. My wife got sick of seeing it out front every morning after i went to work with my wetsuit drying from it.  If you don't have one check it out, they work really well...but you need to plug them in.

http://www.uwkinetics.com/products/hangair-drying-system#.URUyn6WG6-I

So being the dork that I am, I didn't want to be restricted to hanging my suit where there was a plug and also the thing ran all night even after my suit was well dried, wasting energy and making noise. 

I checked the voltage and it just happens to work with a 14 Volt rechargeable drill motor battery. I had an older one laying around, put some alligator clips on it and now presto wamo....problem solved. I can hang it out back, in the shed, away from the garage doors up front and it basically dries and then runs out of battery. I take it off in the AM and put it back in the recharger.  Genius...not so much...but i thought i would share. We all hate getting into wet wetsuits.

Awesome idea!