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How well this works depends greatly on the air temperature. I tried it for the first time during a cold night. The suit was still damp the next morning, however once I moved it into the heated bathroom it quickly dried out. It will save me from having to hang suits out in the sun to dry.
I use the heck out of mine but to speed up the drying process I have a small space heater (Cube) that I set on the bathroom floor. I plug them up, close the bathroom door, and in about an hour or so I have a dry wetsuit. If they could figure out a way to build in a low temp heating element in the unit it would be perfect. My fan burnt out on the first \"Hang Air\" from Wetsand after a couple of years, I replaced it with a computer fan but it doesn't move have near the volume. I bought a replacement \"Hangair\" less expensive from Underwater Kinetics but it is a single speed, and has about the same volume of the low setting on the one from wetsand. All in all, it's still a good product and is holding up well.
5 star concept. works as advertised. priced right. well packaged for shipping. nicely presented by amazon. shipped 0n time. use product 1 to 2 hrs. daily. the plug in on hanger needs to be rethought . i plan to buy more. would be willing to pay more for a commercial grade.
I really want to like this product more than I do. Don't get me wrong - it's a good, solid product that does what it says - the issues I have are that the dryer is not terribly travel friendly and it needs some sort of modification to work well with drysuits with latex seals. Some sort of chimney that would help keep a drysuit neckseal open for airflow would work well. I have used this for a couple of years now and find it excellent for keeping my suits 'fresh'.
You can quite easily modify one of these hangers by installing a PC case fan..... just make sure the fans power consumption falls within the power packs output. If your really keen you could purchase a powerful 5000rpm fan from the likes of Delta (PFB1212UHE-F00 - 250cfm 6000rpm) but you may have to buy a power pack with more output to feed it, twice more airflow = twice as fast drying? though it'll be as loud as vacuum cleaner 65db Anyway here is a link where someone shows how to change the fan...
I received one of these for Christmas. It was broken out of the box. I returned it, and 2 months later received the replacement. Apparently there were LOTS of bad units made around the time I got mine. The new one came yesterday, and I used it between 6 pm and 7 am. Morning temp was 43 degrees. I did not expect my wetsuit to be dry, but it was. Very nice. Would have given 5 stars if not for the huge delay in getting a working unit. someone commented on how huge the hanger is. It is big, but for a reason. It pushes out the shoulders far enough to get air flow in the arms as well as the legs. If you are super small and have a really small entry spot into your wetsuit, maybe it would not fit. But I honestly can't imagine how that would be.
I like it, I use it to dry out my wetsuit for surfing and it works like it says it does. I was afraid it was going to stretch or rip the seams of my suit because it's pretty big, but I haven't noticed any issues. Dries in half the time for sure.
Though the claims of completely dry in hours is a bit of an exaggeration, it definitely kicks butt over hang drying in the shade without this device. I conducted tests on my Xcel Drylock 4/3 and my Oneill RG8 5/4. Both are medium, and both are top entry suits. There were hung on the HangAir soaking wet after my 4am session in 36 degree air and 53 degree water. Half the days it was also raining. Both suits were hung completely in the shade in my carport driveway and the high temperature on those days never topped 54 degrees. Conclusions: 1. Easy to insert the HangAir into a medium size top entry suit. 2. After 3 hours the suits were rid of total water saturation. They were still completely damp, but if you were to put them on at this point you wouldn't be too unhappy, though not exactly pleased either. 3. After 6-7 hours, on a rainy day in the shade, the suits were dry enough to comfortably transfer to the bathroom without causing my partner to freak out. This means zero chance of dripping at this stage. Though the suit was still damp, if you tossed it on the couch and then quickly picked it up, you probably couldn't detect any residual dampness on the cushions. If you put it on for a second session, you'd be pretty happy. Considering these were hung dry, in the shade, on very cold and wet days, I consider that \"\"dry\"\" for all intents and purposes. If the air is dry (no rain, low humidity), the suit get's pretty dry in 6-7 hours with only residual dampness in the wrists and ankles. 4. Wetsuit stank completely gone. Like almost everyone else on the plantet, I pee in my suits - especially in the winter where the cold just makes you pee near non stop. I hadn't given my suits a good shampooing in well over three weeks (just a light rinse with a couple of gallon jugs of warm fresh water after I get out) and I surf at least once per day every single day. I was so shocked at how good my suit smelled I told my partner to smell the crotch. She couldn't detect anything and said it just smelled like a wetsuit. This is probably the most amazing feature of the HangAir. Drying a suit is easy. Getting pee smell out is tough. I didn't give it 5 stars because it really doesn't completely dry your suit as fast as they claim, but it gets it dry enough by surfer standards.
The UK Wetsuit Dryer works really well. My wetsuits are nearly completely dry overnight using this. The fan is quite loud and it is big and bulky. The cord is pretty long and detaches from the hanger. I would give it an 9/10. Recommended highly.
