Ocean Rodeo Soul Breathable Drysuit

I can confirm this is an OR Soul, straight up. Received mine last week, brand new with tags. It was $416 - about half price compared to one size larger or smaller and from the same seller. It is perfect, and exactly what I expected, no issues. Dont be afraid of the price if you can get one that fits you at a discount, it's legit.The suit is fantastic, super easy to get in and out of alone, I love that. The XL is a bit large in the top for me, Im 6'0 190. I can get into the suit with my kiteboarding impact vest on - suit over the vest. Thats a litte more of a challenge getting through the zipper but it can be done. Lots of room for layers / fleece underneith the suit.This is my 3rd drysuit, the others are quite a bit older. This suit is so much easier to get in and out, and provides much greater mobility. I avoid my old drysuit because of the hassle of getting in and out of it, I pretty much need help both ways. I expect this one will be in the water far more often.

Have had 2 of these. The 1st (Pyro Pro) gave out after 3 seasons (rubber seals exposed and basically melted). This Soul is going into it's 4th season with seals intact and mild wearing out of the outer jacket (not related to water sealalability). I recommend using the product OR recommends putting on the seals to condition them. It seems to have offered me more longevity. Also the silicone on the zipper product is recommended which I use... If you are 5'8"/160 pounds average size guy get the MK size. Though it's a little baggy it allows me to easily get into and out of. All in all this drysuit has kept me dry in all kinds of conditions.

I have now had the opportunity to use this drysuit on both a 23 day March Grand Canyon raft trip and a 6 day September Yellowstone Lake kayak trip. It's performance exceeded my expectations in all regards; and the only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the latex seals were ridiculously small (I'm a fairly skinny guy) and had to be trimmed.

tried the suit plenty now (30+ sessions mostly kitesurfing and few SUP sessions)tried in really warm weather (outside temperature approx. 17-18 Celsius (sorry guys Im from EU :)) and water temp around the same, maybe even a bit warmer.Suit, at first, is a bit pain to get into, especially the ankle-seals, then the shoulders. I have bit broad shoulders, so that makes it more difficult. I also have abnormally large calfs too LOL.I'm 6'1" and 97kg. Using the chart on Ocean Rodeo website I got to one that matched my height but for weight (got x-large) I should get one size bigger. The suit is great though.After few times i got a hang of it and now wont take more than 2mins to fully suit-up! The seals are stretched now (in a good way) and its no problem at all to have the suit on for hours and not be bothered by neither of the seals (neck/wrists/ankles). I sometimes drive home from spot in the suit and it doesnt feel weird at all.I was concerned what its going to be like to kite in warm conditions and I was..well...not exactly pleasantly surprised but...I was happy. Kiting was comfortable (after i removed the suspensors which were pulling the suit way too high). After 2hrs in the water i did feel a bit cold due to sweat build-up inside the suit. Yes, its breathable alright, just as they say, but hey - how would you feel even in the most breathable wind-jacket if you went out for a run in 17C weather for an hour-or-two run? You'd sweat obviously and then when you stop and theres wind..you'd get cold.that's what happened also. I got out of water and within 30mins or so I got cold. I thought the suit might have leaked..but no. I was not wet-wet. My very thin thermal was damp. I took off the suit before I got really cold.on a different day it was similar conditions, just that there was less sun and more wind. This time i wore not just the very thin shirt (one youd wear under your flees) but also a normal 100% cotton long-sleeve shirt (one that you are NOT supposed to wear for sports hahaha).I was really comfortable out on the water and also on the beach while my friends were freezing (5-3mm wetsuits) when on the beach for more than couple minutes. Couple sessions- and I too was cold after standing round for >30mins or so.I took off the suit and again - the shirt was damp, making me a bit cold. I just changed the shirt, zipped up and was fine again...while the "wetsuit-guys" were trembling with cold.In cold conditions - coldest i tried was -4C (28F?) the suit with long-john (ocean rodeo flees underwear) and it was PERFECT. Not cold even a tiny bit, no leaks, SUPER happy.I'd say the sweet-spot for the suit is anything well below freezing (obviously you dont kite/SUP waaay below freezing) up to +15 Celsius. Above 15C I think you will sweat a bit and then get cold when out of water. Solve this by having a dry shirt ready to change...pull your neck-seal over your head again and zip-up and kite/SUP with smile again! all it takes!The suit feels GREAT in water. All was said re freedom of movement and i can only confirm all that. What feels really nice is if you stay even for longer in freezing water..you just feel that the water is cold..but you do not feel it nearly with the same intensity as you would with the wetsuit. You get up on the board and within seconds you forget about the cold. VERY different to wetsuit! You are supposed to "burp" the suit so you dont have too much buoyancy in the water. I always do it and never felt like I had too much buoyancy / felt "funny".body-dragging after my board felt normal, didnt even realize any difference/difficulty. I was expecting much more drag . NOthing of that sort.During my 30+ sessions I have NOT ONCE experienced a leak, not even around arms or ankles and not even after some nastier wipeouts. Other people buying drysuits (like Mystiq, e.g.) would regularly report leaks and said that they wont mind that EVERY drysuit leaks a bit around arms/ankles especially. Well. Not this one!best features are no-doubt the self-entry, the pee-zip and my favorite - that you can open the front, take off the neck-seal..and just let it breathe more. You'll appreciate this especially in warmer weather. Just dont forget to put it back on when you go kiting again (I almost forgot once!)Some of my friends have semi-dry (really thick neoprene which doesnt leak water) and they all said that the suit just doesnt breathe AT ALL and they'd feel pretty uncomfortable once it gets a bit warmer. You wont have this problem with SOUL!Also SOUL looks MUCH better than other suits. Dry-suits (like Guul tend to be baggy and one looks like a 5year old going for a ski-trip in 1999 in communist Czechoslovakia. Although - those GUUL babies cost half this price...Very happy with the suit, highly recommend it, thanks Ocean Rodeo I've had SO MUCH fun thanks to YOU GUYS!!!!

Brought the drysuit for my boyfriend for Christmas Gift and he loves it!!!! Dealing with Alaska water, you want the best suit there is. Called Ocean Rodeo in Canada to verified and confirmed Amazon is authorized dealer to sale the drysuit because of price differences. Got the answer I want and bought it. He loves it do much so decided to buy me the red one. My feet always get cold but my come with a booties. It keep me warm with medium base layer and lightweight socks. Been wearing our for kiteboarding , kayaking and stand up paddle board around the glacier lake, rafting down the river, jet skiing in the cold water bay.

Absolutely love this dry suit, best ever!!! Very hugh quality, best purchase ever 😎👍👍

I use the suit for kiting and it is very comfortable and keeps me dry and warm. My suit did develop a small leak at one of the seams but Ocean Rodeo quickly replaced the suit under warranty.

Good for cold weather and water. Keep you warm.

I use this for SUP and sailing in the fall. It works very well.