ONeill Womens Hyperfreak 2mm Chest Zip Long Sleeve Spring Suit
The O’Neill Womens Hyperfreak 2mm Chest Zip Long Sleeve Spring Suit is a premiyummy springy, easily one of the stretchiest offerings out and is toasty warm too. With a thickness of 2mm, it provides full coverage and is ideal for mid-season surfing in Australia. The neoprene used in this wetsuit is Technobutter 3X, which is not only incredibly supple and warm, but also eco-friendly. The GBS seam/stitch construction ensures maximum stretchiness and durability, while the chest zip design allows for unrestricted movement and reduced water ingress. Made with recycled materials and featuring an eco-conscious Aqua Alpha Solvent Free Lamination, this wetsuit proves that sustainability and style can go hand in hand. The double super seal collar and contortionist seamless shoulder panel further enhance the comfort and performance of this remarkable suit.
To get the most out of your O’Neill Womens Hyperfreak 2mm Chest Zip Long Sleeve Spring Suit we recommend washing it with the Australian made Wetsuit Wash, reading our Wetsuit Maintenance Guide and hanging it on a Wetsuit Hanger.
O’Neill Womens Hyperfreak 2mm Chest Zip Long Sleeve Spring Suit
- Thickness – 2mm: full coverage in 2mm, the midway mark of surfing neoprenes in Australia and the perfect mid-season thickness for most of us. In QLD you can definitely get away with 2mm in winter.
- Neoprene – Technobutter 3X: needs to be felt to be believed – supple like melted butter, warm also like melted butter and stretchy like some kind of super stretchy butter, if such a thing exists. Better still, this latest version is made up of recycled plastic, discarded oyster shells, old car tyres and limestone neoprene (derived from limestone, not petroleum production).
- Seam/Stitch – GBS: Glued and Blindstitched seams are the stretchiest stitched seam thanks to the expanding nature of the stitch but better still the seams is sealed! A hooked needle is used to stitch the suit without creating any pin-holes through the entire panel that would let water in, the seam is then bonded with an elastic glue to provide durability and further sealing.
- Chest Zip: the zip is positioned across the upper torso, this means that your back stretch is no longer inhibited and being that the zip is 1/2 or less length than a backzip, the amount of water ingress because of the zip is halved. Warm and stretchy, the two things we all want from our wetty.
- Limestone: Neoprene derived from Limestone is touted to be a more environmental method for producing the foamy, rubber-esque material that lives in the middle of the neoprene sandwich.
- Aqua Alpha Solvent Free Lamination: ditch the nasty glues and take Aqua-α solvent free route, its better for everyone/everything.
- Double super seal collar: two layers in the collar creates a better seal against the neck and reduces rashing because the inner layer isn’t fixed to the outer.
- Contortionist seamless shoulder: get those shoulders rotating with ease thanks to O’Neill’s seamless shoulder panel.
- Dope Dyed Yarn Jersey: more efficient and environmentally friendly then piece dying – instead of knitting/weaving and then dying, dope dye yarns the material itself is coloured in before hand.
- Made with recycled materials: Plastic, car tyres, discarded oyster shells and more!!
- Eco Carbon Black In Neoprene: long story short: old car tyres are melted (not burnt) in a process called pyrolysis. Its then turned into a better kind of rubber (your wetsuit!). About 35% of the total weight derived from a recycled tyre is Carbon Black.
Not sure what these terms mean? We’ve gone into great detail about the crucial aspects of a wetsuit, watch or read about them at the following links: Seams, Zips and Styles.
