I know that when I wear clothing (shirts, leather jacket, etc.) close to or around my neck the material wears down considerably because of the beard hair stubbs.
I would think that the rubber material will also wear down with pin holes.

Grudens has wrist neoprene cuffs that are cover part of your forearm.

They also have the neck seal.

These two can be added to most any top with no seals.
Maybe one can use under the rubber neck seal of the aquqskinz for a better fit or gasket breakdown of the aquaskinz due to beard growth.

Where do I get one for $65?

Ebay, theres some decent ones for low bucks

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It has gotten to be, that unless I know the poster behind the screen name I dont trust their opinion about a product. Between the sponsors and their posse defending the product at any cost and the guys with some vendetta against these companies whether actual or contrived you dont know the truth from the garbage. It was nice to hear a retailer give an honest opinion about a product,Saltwater Edge, though.
Personally, I know hard fishing guys that had trouble with evo 2 tops,leaky material, got rid of them and bought The NRS revolution and are happy. I'll be buying one this fall. My dricore was one of the best $110 spent on fishing gear. I replaced the wrist seals 3 years ago and stay as dry as when I bought it 12 years ago.

That was one of the most honest post I have read in years.
Unfortunately I agree with your assessment a 100%.Thankfully ,I can only tell you how my experience is with certain products,not what my friends of acquaintances experienced.When and if I have a problem with a manufacturer and he refused to acknowledge the issues surrounding the problem I will gladly speak my mind even though while doing this in the past I got mercifully hammered by "posse" as you call them........

I love my Hurricane in october, Nov, Decemer :jump: Its kpet my line in the water while the rest of the guys have folded for the night :jump:

Kadir:

I applaud you that this product was research extensively but did the quality control department test the product to yield the life expectancy breakdown time period of the rubber gasket measured in the number of times the top is taken on and off given the manufacter recommendations care requirements and what is that number ?

Well, after much debate, I finally went with the simms, just seems more comfortable, picked it up today at saltwater edge in newport