Drysuits - How long should they last?

Went out yesterday to find that my 3 year out seals, neck,ankle,and wrist seals were shot. Neck seal ripped just at the glue line. Wrist seals were showing signs for drying out and cracking.
I store my drysuit in my closet during off season with no prep for the seals for lay up.
So, I decided to go for it thinking the neck seal wouldn't let in that much water. Well after my second fall found that I was taking in water.
Got back in the boat to find that I now had a 2" gaping hole in the rear.
Pulled it off and found that the seal had split and the glue was pretty dry.
I've had this thing close to 10 years and I'm not going to bother getting it fixed because I feel the glue won't hold due to the age of the suit.

Anybody have a drysuit longevity stories?

Chris
Get The Grip You Deserve
www.wakejunky.com

My Bare dry suit is 12 years old. I just got it back from http://www.adrenalinewatersports.com/default.aspx. This is the third time having the seals replaced. Unless the material of the suit is staring to crack it should be able to be repaired. The people a Adrenaline Watersports did the best repair job that I've had done is 20 years. For extended storage put the suit in an air tight bag and apply an silicone seal saver to all seals.

Food grade silicon are the seals best friend. Can be found at many grocery stores, auto parts stores, Homedepot and the like, along with stores that sell drysuits of any kind (Most expensive). Wax on the zipper is also a good thing.

I have replaced my own seals a couple of times. They are cheap to replace, and not that hard to do. Although they seem to not be a pretty as the manufacturer.

hey peter where did you buy the new seals?

How to replace the seals
http://www.ossystems.com/repair/repr.htm

Repairs and Parts
http://www.ossystems.com/pricelists/repair.html

Pictures of parts and sizes
http://www.ossystems.com/repair/seals.html

Care of suit
http://www.ossystems.com/repair/congr.htm