Your wetsuit dry in 18 minutes?

It is the promise of Blawesome, a Kickstarter project, with a foldable hanger with a warm and strong airflow, that can be used in the car...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wetsuitdryer/blawesome-wetsuit-dryer

Or try to be mac Yver yourself

Bl##dy awesome!

Or you could use this while you wait for it to become reality. I have not timed it, probably longer than 18 minutes for a dry suit, and not nearly as cool looking:

uwk.com/products/hangair-drying-system

To speed the process I use the "DryGuy" as well. It adds the heat which is what the Blawesome thing does - I assume that's the difference in speed:

www.amazon.com/DryGuy-Wide-Body-Boot-Glove-Dryer/dp/B0000AMK8R

So I hang the suit so the legs are over two of the tubes, and I put my booties over the other two (see below). I let it blow warm air up the legs for a while, and then I use the hanger to blow air down the arms and legs afterwards. I have a dry wetsuit in the morning after an afternoon surf, but I have never timed it.

The Blawsesome things looks great and I will buy one - when it exists.

I had to buy a transformer and it seems to work OK. No fires so far

As you say, the Blawesome product will be great for the car & at home - let's hope it is completed. I have backed the project.

Being in Australia and wearing the wetsuit is half the problem.

Because it's not that cold I don't run a heater all day and night so there's no handy heating duct to dry the wetsuit over. With our wet and cold winter, and hanging in the garage, wetsuits have been staying wet for a week at a time. They start to get a mouldy smell about them.

You can get rid of the mouldy smell by rinsing in water with vinegar in it, but that's inconvenient. Rinsing in salty water (or not rinsing at all) also stops the mouldy smell but then you get the rotten seaweed smell.

I have made various wetsuit dryers and they work to an extent, but it's still inconvenient.

I am hoping what looks like a neat little device will alleviate some of the nuisance of dealing with thick, wet wetsuits in winter.

Just as an aside, I have friends who visit from Norway and Switzerland. They complain about how cold it is in houses in Australia because we don't overheat our houses and we don't double seal all the windows to keep out draughts. If it's cold you just put on jumper.

If you want to stop your wetsuit smelling, then rinse it in a bucket or bath with a little cheap disinfectant in it (NOT bleach). The same kind of stuff you can use, diluted, on cuts or bruises. It doesn't harm the suits and it kills all the bugs that make the smells. Will also remove the smell of your sweat/piss, and do it a lot cheaper than the proprietary stuff aimed at surfers. For the correct concentration follow the guidelines on the bottle for disinfecting laundry.

my wetsuits have been salty and wet for close to 40 years in a bucket....they last a long time and if it is a really cold morning, i hop into a hot shower put it on and drive to the beach with a big towel

Their email:

Dear Backers and Supporters,

To promote Blawesome to the world has been an extraordinary exciting adventure. Unfortunately, we did not reach the minimum amount needed to proceed with production.

Some backers asked us why we marked such a high target, but for us was clear from the beginning: the target set was the minimum possible to deliver a product with the same quality standards of any top watersports brand.

We got an excellent reception of the product, invaluable feedback and product improvement ideas, support from the 6 continents and a singular but important figure: 80% of the backers came to Blawesome from external sources other than Kickstarter, what is an indirect measure of the market interest.

Nonetheless, even when it was not possible on Kickstarter, we do not give up. We are gathering investors and we will give Blawesome a serious try: you will definitely see Blawesome at the beaches in 2017. We will use a Kickstarter update to connect with all of you. We ask you for a couple of months to put all in place, and before November ends we will share our plans and release dates firstly with all of our Backers.

Girls, Guys, you all are awesome. Our most sincere thank you!

Enjoy a nice weekend

Carmen and Jaime (from a tiny Caravan in front of the beach waiting for tomorrow's waves.. )

PS: for those new on Kickstarter, you might want to have a look on this link for your tranquility:

help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us ... #BackAProj

Look for question "When is my card charged?"

The key point here is: as the project did not succeeded: You will not be charged any amount. Thank you.

i use both the hangair for suits and the dry guy for booties and gloves---and man up aint for me when the water's 38F and the air's 15F, as it often is through the winter here in NE US

Hangair takes a a few hours as colas said, but always dries overnight--doesnt use heat, tho heat may be a suit's worst enemy---and I find the shape of the device to not stress shoulder seams etc---certainly nothing like an ordinary hanger would

dry guy i have used for years with ski boots and gloves--great device---always take it with when travelling to ski--which is always.....(in Utaaaaaaah!)

dry guy works great for booties and gloves, tho adds a bit of warmth--i blow out my booties/gloves pretty quickly with use, tho, so they will die long before slight heat will damage

warm dry gear makes suiting up in extreme cold much easier--you know, when youre looking at snow on the beach saying "am i nuts"?"

surfed Maine two weeks ago with air 36F, water 50F--maine coast is rocky stunning and empty of humans--long way from brooklyn!