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The trouble with 90% of flotation suits is the hydrostatic head is insufficient. Most are claimed at 10000hh which to be honest is not much better than a tea bag.
If you want total waterproof then look at the guy cotten sallopets and smoks.
However , they are not breathable so you may sweat in them.
Another option is to go gortex, most gortex garments have a HH of 20000 or more.
That said, I have had gortex leak in extreme rain.

[QUOTE="Shirleycodlin, post: 20558, member: 302"] The trouble with 90% of flotation suits is the hydrostatic head is insufficient. Most are claimed at 10000hh which to be honest is not much better than a tea bag. If you want total waterproof then look at the guy cotten sallopets and smoks. However , they are not breathable so you may sweat in them. Another option is to go gortex, most gortex garments have a HH of 20000 or more. That said, I have had gortex leak in extreme rain. [/QUOTE]

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