Shade is ok, but if you do that here, you're assured a steady fungal growth in your suits innards. No bueno... Trust me. I kknowow first hand.
Here, the routine differs, you HAVE TO dry it in the sun, direct is best. But you also have to pull it off the dry rack asap when it's well dry.
Wait too long and it's stiff as a poker chip.
Take it off too soon and any hint of moisture means fungus is among us.
I use a anti fungal soap, "ketoconazol" it's prescription from the dermatologist, once a week just in case.
The real reason my wetsuits don't last are twofold...
1-) i expect them to last way too long.
2-) i use them way too much.
Been trunking it all summer, my tender nipples are proof. Tried a rash guard in May, but that made me break out in fungus too.
Check it...
....had me wanting to rip my skin off, thinking how Eunice and some sharp steak knives would have come in handy.
Personally, so far, Vissla has lasted the longest. The ones with the deep blue inside and creamy buttery rubber outside.
Good thing a 2 mill is all we need down here.
Guess I'll start Wim Hoffing for dawn patrols, trunk it, breath heavily and keep the sessions to an hour.
Fugg rubbers! Barebacking is where it's at.
That said, wetsuit companies have gone the way of the preinstalled computer virus'... Programmed obsolescence.
It's a thing.