Wetsuits quality...

4mths warranty left......take it back
big failure area...bad batch of glue....or bad gluer ?

brought it to my local shop, and the dude said he has never seen anything like it before.

Seems like they forgot the glue or something... Yeah warranty will have to do it.

Still a bit pissed that it happens after such a short time..

brought it to my local shop, and the dude said he has never seen anything like it before.

Seems like they forgot the glue or something... Yeah warranty will have to do it.

Still a bit pissed that it happens after such a short time..

zeta wrote:

So I bought a Ripcurl flashbomb 8 months ago and surfed on average 2x a week with it.

First of, I always rinse my suits, never leave them in the sun, never cramp them into small spaces. Hands down I am taking good care.

Today I took it of the hanger, and saw that the glue totally failed (see image below).

Couple of mate I go surfing with, they never rinse their suits.. leave them in the sun.. and they last longer..

Any idea on how to prevent this in the future? Or is it just luck based?

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Totally agree, FB is a kick ass suit but build quality is a let down. got mine in may 14. putting it on my heal tore it... and seams starting come apart. i had a billabong solution I bought in 2002 lasted till summer 2013 before it really started to let go... going to cut the arms short on my FB and use it in summer. i was disappointed on the materials... but suit was bloody warm and dried out real fast.

so moving away from rip curl... VG winter 4/3s?