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Old 07-14-2020, 03:30 PM   #1
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Salvimar suits vs Yamamoto suits

Looking for some input from anyone who has experience with both. I'm looking into a salvimar NAT suit but I know it isn't yamamoto rubber. How do their suits compare to those that use yamamoto? I'd like to know how durable they are and how the comfort compares.
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Old 07-14-2020, 03:39 PM   #2
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Re: Salvimar suits vs Yamamoto suits

If you have Yamamoto on a pedestal ...you are drinking THERE cool aid!

Do some searching..
oh...here is one guy with experience;

http://spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=200393

"and yamamoto gets destroyed like cardboard in water..."
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Old 07-14-2020, 04:23 PM   #3
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Re: Salvimar suits vs Yamamoto suits

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If you have Yamamoto on a pedestal ...you are drinking THERE cool aid!

Do some searching..
oh...here is one guy with experience;

http://spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=200393

"and yamamoto gets destroyed like cardboard in water..."
I have one yamamoto suit and I like it fine, I know it is a popular material in lots of different suits out there, I just don't know anything about the material salvimar uses. My main question is whether salvimar suits are good quality compared to others
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Old 07-17-2020, 01:38 PM   #4
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Re: Salvimar suits vs Yamamoto suits

The salvimar people would be well advised to say what material they use... we are not all looking for the same thing.

I use yamamoto mostly but I also need a compression resistant suit, so no yamamoto 39 or 45 (worse). There were yamamoto 20 suits from Picasso long ago. I now wonder how they would compare to Sheiko's compression resistant stuff or Heiwa SK... Life is full of needless mysteries...
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Old 06-28-2021, 02:49 PM   #5
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Re: Salvimar suits vs Yamamoto suits

I had a NAT 3mm and it's the worst neoprene I have owned. It fit me like a glove when new, but after just a week doing 60-80ft dives in HI it got deformed and thin, then the leg cuffs got all shredded. It's sitting in my basement now, I should feed it to the sharks.
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