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Why Buy a Kokatat Dry Suit or Kokatat Dry Top?
Kokatat was the first manufacturer to make a waterproof/breathable dry suit that worked, and Kokatat is still the leader in waterproof-breathable dry suit manufacturing. The significance of Kokatat's superior quality is hard for people to grasp until they have tested other brands of dry suits in the water. Although lots of companies now make drysuits out of some waterproof/breathable fabric, there is a lot more to building a good, reliable dry suit than simply making it out of breathable fabric. There are so many details that make a difference in how dry a dry-suit is: the choice of seam tape, the experience of the operator of the seam tape machine, the type of zipper, and the fit and cut of the suit. All these factors contribute to the comfort and dryness of a dry suit made out of waterproof/breathable fabric, and Kokatat drysuits are the best in all these regards and more. Kokatat also has the highest quality standards. But everyone says they have high quality, so what does this really mean? It means Kokatat uses the best combinations of fabrics, seam tapes, and zippers for the price, and they can do this because they do the most R & D work, the most field testing to find out what works and what doesn't, and they have the most up to date, best seam taping equipment in the industry. Furthermore, Kokatat has a very low employee turn-over -- so your dry suit will be cut, sewn and seam taped by a highly skilled and very experienced crew of technicians that are happy to work for Kokatat because they treat their employees well. All Kokatat dry suits are built in their own factory in the US. Most other dry suits are sub-contracted to factories in Asia where the labor is cheap, but you loose control of quality when it's not built in your own factory. We keep looking for and testing new suits and other brands to see if any meet our standards, and that just makes us more proud to offer Kokatat dry suits and dry tops.
Kokatat Tropos T3 dry suits and T3 dry tops come with a two year warrantee and Kokatat GoreTex® dry suits and dry-tops are warranted to the original owner for the life of the dry suit or dry top (which basically means until you've worn holes in it or otherwise worn out the drysuit or drytop -- no matter how old it is if there's ever a problem with a seam leaking or the fabric delaminating Kokatat will fix or replace it at their option for free). The only thing better than a good warrantee is never having a warrantee problem/defect at all. And thanks to Kokatat's high quality and great materials and testing methods, it is vary rare to have a warrantee problem with any of their dry suits or dry tops. Kokatat tests each and every (not just a representative sample out of each batch) new dry suit before it leaves the factory, and Kokatat has the most rigorous leak tests of any water-sports dry suit manufacturer.
Kokatat offers the largest range of men's and women's sized dry suits of all the water-sport dry suit manufacturers and they offer custom sizing on their suits too. Kokatat also offers the greatest variety of custom options to choose from such as GoreTex® dry socks, women's Drop Seat zippers, Hoods, Reflective material and more. When it comes to waterproof/breathable dry socks, Kokatat has more sizes of dry socks than any other dry suit manufacturer. For information on custom options for dry suits, click here Dry suit Options.
To learn more about our Kokatat dry suits, see our main Dry suit page.