Wetsuit versus Drysuit

[daner19]

I'm getting certified next month and i live in washington so obviously its on average like 45 in the water and about 50 and raining out of the water. so i have been told that drysuits are kinda like wearing a ziplockbag and annoying and wetsuits suck when you are out of the water, so me being new want to know what i should invest in. i'm going to rent gear for now until i buy my own.

thanks

[lars2923]

Once you go dry, you'll sparingly use wet.
ie. when I travel, depending on the destination and the
number of dives planned, I may carry a wet suit.
99 and 66/100 percent of the time, I'm diving dry.. and I
live in Florida.

[The Publisher]

In waters of that temperature, a wetsuit is like a PC or a fax machine, a drysuit is like e-mail or a Mac.

Viking makes a stretchier rubber version of their top of the line dryuits. In my opinion it is the best. DUI is popular, and there are Washington based drysuit manufacturers that are popular.

[Dsix36]

With water that cold a wetsuit would be out of the question for me. I use a drysuit in florida much of the time and a wetsuit only when the water is warm enough.

[bmchugh]

I think you would be a popsicle in a wet suit after about 20 minutes. Multiple dives will be out of the question. I've dove here in San Diego and had water temperatures down to about 49 and was completely frozen in my 7mm but the surface was sunny and 70.

[daner19]

Thanks for the opinions, now if i'm going to get a dry suit what should i get?. dont have allot of money, and i'm 6"2 and about 225 any suggestions on a brand or style? i have seen neoprene dry suits whats the diffrence?