"My wetsuit is cold!"

[PianoAl]

It's not much fun to put on a damp, cold wetsuit when it's only 55 degrees out. So, I had the brilliant idea to heat up my wetsuit on the drive to the surf spot by putting it on the front seat and turning on the seat heater.

I put a towel under the suit (I didn't want to get the seat wet) and few more on top.

I said, "My wetsuit is cold," but nothing happened, so I manually turned the front passenger seat heater to high.

It didn't work, perhaps because there was a towel between the seat and wetsuit. Back to the drawing board.

 

[outdoors]

Suggest wetsuit in plastic so next to seat. Not ideal, yet it needs contact. Towel absorbs all the heat. Then something heavy pressing suit into seat. Almost like a panini press.

 

[AmokTime]

Similarly, nothing happens when I say, “My hovercraft is full of eels.”

 

[TX_M3P+]

I would try putting the wetsuit down in the footwell on the passenger side, then turn on heat and make sure the floor heat vent is on. You can also unsync the driver and passenger side temps, if you don't want hot air on your side. I would think a direct warm/hot air current would warm the wetsuit better than a heated seat, but that's just a theory floating in my head. Worth a try I guess.

 

[derekmw]

I have two wetsuits because I HATE putting on a damp wet suit that didn't get a chance to fully dry. If it's still damp the next day, I'm taking the dry one.

 

[Brock-WI]

We take a thermos that holds about a gallon of warm/hot water and dump that in/on the wetsuit when you put it on. You can also do that after you have it on dumping some inside the suit to warm you up. It doesn't take much water and will stay warm in thermos for a long time. Beside that I would second the passenger floor with the heat on.

 

[KenC]

I like @TX_M3P+ 's recommendation, because the hot air will warm the suit up and dry it if it's still wet. No contact with the seat heaters necessary.