Blew $200 on a drysuit repair kit and it failed on my second dive off Catalina

I thought I was being smart ordering that repair kit online instead of sending my suit to a shop. Figured it would save me time and money since the leak was just around the wrist seal. The patch job looked fine on land but didn't last 20 minutes underwater. Water came in cold and fast, I had to cut my dive short and my tender was not happy. That $200 could have gone toward a proper repair from a pro who knows what they are doing. Anyone else have a DIY repair that just did not hold up? What do you guys use for emergency fixes in the field?

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black.jordan10d ago

Learned that lesson with a tent patch kit once, except instead of cold water it was just guilt and shame.

parkerl3310d ago

A dozen or so years ago I sat in a REI parking lot for 45 minutes trying to patch a 3-inch tear in my tent floor with duct tape. Never again. The next morning I woke up on a puddle of mud inside the tent.