Yulex Neoprene in Eco-friendly Industry

Yulex natural rubber is made from guayule plant by Yulex Corporation and it is FSC® certified. It is produced by trees that absorb carbon throughout their life span. Switching to hevea reduces the CO₂ emissions from one wetsuit by up to 80%.

In 2012, it was used into diving suit by Patagonia for the first time. but until now, it is also not to expand to all over the world as other wetsuit manufacturers can not buy Yulex material.

Yulex is a good neoprene alternative for surfers, but not so much for divers because Yulex isn't very pressure resistant and the pressure of water will shorten its lifespan considerably. Therefore, it can be said that the material improvement of diving wetsuits is much more difficult than surfing wetsuits or triathlon wetsuits, which is why diving wetsuits are counted separately in industry statistics.

Secondly, as the abovementioned, there are several differences between them.

1. They have different way to obtain. Yamamoto limestone neoprene is from limestone that is finite resource. But Yulex is from hevea that can be planted again. And they all need to further process by energy. Therefore, the Yulex material looks more eco-friendly.

2. Limestone neoprene can be used for wider market. but Yulex can not, such as diving wetsuit, very thin wetsuit. As limestone neoprene have more perfect performance.

3. Limestone neoprene can be purchased by any people who would like it. but Yulex material is only provided for their specific customers who are so much cooperative with them, this maybe why the Yulex material is still not very popular until now.

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