Neck sizes

[Spiderman]

I'm contemplating a made to measure Elios suit. I have read other posts speaking of problems with tight necks. Should I add a little to my neck measurement to compensate for this?

[Alun]

mine are on the tight side too. they're ok in the water but with the hood down on land it can be quite uncomfortable. so i would be tempted to add 1cm to my neck measurement next time.

[Erik]

Mine was ok and still is.
When I worked in a dive shop, we would pull the necks of neosuits onto a scuba bottle and let it sit for a night to make it bigger.
Peace,
Erik Y.

[Fondueset]

Mine was uncomfortably tight (my this I mean I felt pressure on the carotid sinuses) - I realized I'd sent the measurements without including my hair - which is longish. I inserted a small bucket into the neck for a few weeks and now it's perfect. Elios was spot on though - just need to add 5mm or so to the neck - which was my fault.

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by Erik

Mine was ok and still is.
When I worked in a dive shop, we would pull the necks of neosuits onto a scuba bottle and let it sit for a night to make it bigger.
Peace,
Erik Y.

Erik
any tips on stretching my footpockets on my Europalmus monofin?

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

I'm contemplating a made to measure Elios suit. I have read other posts speaking of problems with tight necks. Should I add a little to my neck measurement to compensate for this?

I got a made to measure suit & it seems perfect. I did made all measurements 3x over several days at different temperatures (to reduce errors -- eliminating bad ones & averaging close ones). I was particularly careful with the neck measurement for several reasons:
1. A diving instructor pal warned me that a tight neck can trigger some kind of undesirable body response (drowning/choking?).
2. My neck is quite large & I have noticed the size varies from hot to cold days.
3. I have quite a lot of muscle at the base of my neck but opted to measure at the peak of the Adam's apple & rounded up the average measurements (might have added 1cm? -- I don't think so).

Be careful measuring across the shoulders -- use the on-line video not the chart (for me there was a 5-7cm difference with the 2 methods!).

They are great suits. Let us know how you get on.

[Erik]

Originally Posted by island_sands

Erik
any tips on stretching my footpockets on my Europalmus monofin?

Not really: unfortunately with harder rubber it's not going to happen and you'll have to let your feet adapt. Short of melting the pockets with a torch that is
Peace,
Erik Y.