I am in the process of picking out a beekeeper's suit and want some opinions. I do a fair amount of cut-outs and have no suit - I have been layering sweats and well, sweating as a result. A lot. When you are checking your hives you can take a break most of the time, but that isn't always a option during a cut out. The Ultra-breeze is touted as being cooler - is it? How does it hold up? If I am going to pay 3 times the price, I would like to know that it is actually better.
JC
If my memory serves me well, the inventor and producer passed away not too long ago. I'm not certain that the old Ultra-Breeze suits are the same as the new ones.
Or did I just totally make that up?
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,30250.0.html (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,30250.0.html)
http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,28444.0.html (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,28444.0.html)
I have a commercial beekeeper friend that swears by his. He has the full suit says he can work all day in it...even in our 95+ degree summers.
I've been trying to justify the $ for one for a while now.
Scott
I've Had the top for 3 years and its great well worth it, much cooler than a solid material. I had heard Magnetmans daughter is still making them, but I'm not positive.
The ultra breeze is worth every penny. I'd buy the jacket. Rubber band your pant legs and call it good. But the full suit is nice on a hot day with shorts on. It is, as the name implies, breezy. It is ventilated and well worth it on a hot day.
Magnet man did not invent it, that credit would go to the Golden Bee Products guy, but Magnet man did improve it a bit and offer it in more options including the jacket, which is my favorite.
I would suggest getting the jacket as well and do as M.B. says.
I have some information for anyone interested about Golden Bee and a new addition to their suit line. I will be discussing it in a new thread.
...JP
Thanks for the input everybody. The daughter must have taken over, because they are currently taking orders. Since my hubby is springing for the cost as a Christmas present, I think I will go for the whole suit. :-D I am going to call them and see if I can get them to shorten the arms and legs though - since I am all of 5'2". :roll:
JC
I would consider getting a pair of pants and get the jacket. You will be glad you have a jacket once you use it. Use the pants if you have a particular occasion that warrants the need for them.
Jackets go on fast, and come off fast. Just what the doctor ordered when your are hot and sweaty. I have yet to this day absolutely needed my pants. I only wear them when I have shorts on. I have never been stung through my jean pants (yet). I wear lose pants like 505 levis. As long as you dont wear tight pants that are tight to the skin, you should not have a problem getting stung. If you have a colony that is hot for some reason, break out the pants for peace of mind. I had a colony go nuts on me last summer and only had my jacket on. I had at least 50, probably a hundred or more stingers (never counted) in my jacket, and veil. Probably some in my jeans too but I did not take one sting to the skin.
Full suits are a pain in the rear. I would rather take a sting to the rear once in a while then have a full suit.
Just thought I would give my two cents worth cause I alway feel sorry for this fella I know who has a full suit. I can put my jacket in gloves on in less than a minute.
i usuallly dont wear any bee gear, but the breeze is always in my truck and have to grab it about 2-4 times a yr. and cant believe how cool it is hily recomend the jacket. JP is getting him a new jacket for his promotional of golden bee suit; but tried golden bee first, but they refused to talk about about a king size and the breese was modified and here in a week' highly recomend the breeze and the folks that make it
Suzie says she will make any size suit and I specifically mentioned I have a friend that is kind of a biggin'. She said she would make a jacket to fit your big azz Bud! :-D
...JP
gona get my next one from memphis tent co.
Quote from: bud1 on January 25, 2011, 09:14:09 PM
gona get my next one from memphis tent co.
:lau:
Hey, how's that diet going? ;)
...JP
I have had an Ultra-Breeze jacket. After 2 years of heavy use, I had to replace the hood this fall. The plastic veil mesh was starting to crack and make holes big enough for bees to get in. I have been stung once through the jacket - I was carrying a plugged out super and the weight of the super compressed the jacket enough that a bee was able to sting me on the belly. I don't wear a shirt under the jacket.
Since it is a jacket, I find that it pulls up over my beltline and I have to keep pulling it back down over my jeans to keep covered. Occasionally when I pull the bottom of the jacket back over my jeans, a bee will get in. I have been stung a few times from bees getting in, but only once from bees stinging through the jacket.