Yes, the NPX are definitely more durable than the slick skin suits, this is one of the trade-offs you get. Good point on the E4, but are you sure you're not referring to the E3?
To be clear, the E3 is a pullover back-zip closure that creates a water barrier behind your zipper. Any water that leaks in through the zipper runs down the water barrier and out through the vents at the bottom of the zipper, so you don't get any flush like with traditional back-zips. If this is what you're looking for, the NPX Zealot, Assassin, and Serene have this.
The E4 is only available on the Neilpryde Elite, and is similar to the E3, but with an additional fold-over flap that goes overtop of the neck seal. It's really nice, but expensive to produce. Maybe we'll include this some future NPX models. What do you think?
Below is a picture that says E4, but this part of the closure is the same for E3 and E4. Sorry, I don't have any shots of the tops of the closure where they're different.
tonyh wrote:Our local distributor will usually push kiters towards the NPX range for kiting, I suppose because the perception is they're a little more durable when getting dragged through the shallows during wipe outs etc... and less likely to get nicked with shells/stones as you might get with the full slick skin elite.
You do need to be a liitle more careful with the full slick skin models, but they really work and for me the E4 entry system is the mutts, rarely get any water in, even through the violent wipe outs, I don't think there's an NPX with E4 entry Josh? Any particular reason for this?
