5 mm wetsuit suggestions/opinions

[Charon]

I am amazed you dove a 7mm wetsuit in icy conditions and were fine. I am getting cold just thinking about it in my office behind the desk! I can't see how a 5mm would work in those conditions, but maybe you were a polar bear in a past life, lol

To be accurate, I didn't dive under or in ice. In my locale we refer to the hard cold in spring fed lakes under the thermocline as soft ice. It is a real shock to go from 50's water to 39 or so. The 7 mm was fine for me in those conditions.

I wouldn't be diving a 5 mm. Under the 5 mm would be the 2 mm polyofin, so 7 mm warmth with 5 mm bouyancy. And what I actually did was to get the Pinnacle 3 mm. I'll see how I do with that in the conditions that I dive up here. If I need more, I'll get another Henderson polyofin and keep to 3 mm bouyancy. I hate lead. The damn tank is heavy enough for a guy my age.