SURFDRY Heated box

SURFDRY Heated

By the makers of SURFDRY Original · ★★★★★ 4.7 from 76 reviews
$178

In the box: a hard-wired pair of units, a 4-position timer with built-in electrical safety, a North American power cord and a bootie & glove base.

Surf DRY this morning. Surf DRY again this afternoon. Thermo-Core heat dries both sides of your wetsuit at once: DRY in 1 to 4 hours, depending on the suit.

Limited first run. We anticipate shipping within 7 days. Cancel any time before it ships. Free shipping in the continental US.
1–4h
DRY
in 1 to 4 hours
AC
120/240V
global
✓
Thermal + electrical
safety
⏱
4-position
auto-off timer

Warm air, not hot.

Heated dries with high airflow at low-to-medium heat. The moving air does most of the work; the warmth speeds it up.

  • Tested on 20+ wetsuit brands without issue, including dozens of drying cycles on suits from two of the world’s largest wetsuit makers.
  • A set puts out a tenth of the heat of a standard hair dryer (170 W).
  • Built-in thermal protection and an auto-shutoff timer.
What's in the box

Sold as a pair:

  • Two hard-wired SURFDRY Heated units
  • 4-position timer with built-in electrical safety (GFCI)
  • North American power cord (pigtail, figure-8 connector)
  • Bootie & glove base

Outside North America? The controller runs on 120 or 240V with a standard figure-8 cord. Ask us and we’ll point you to the right cord for your country.

Specs
Power
AC wall outlet · 120/240V global
Heat
Thermo-Core
Safety
Thermal + electrical protection
Controller
4-position timed controller with GFCI
Modes
Wetsuit mode · bootie mode
Dries
Wetsuits, booties, gloves
Warranty
180-day warranty
How it works
  1. Fold your suit over a bar — waist down, the way you'd hang it in the garage or on the van door.
  2. Set wetsuit mode. Drop one unit in an ankle and one in a wrist. Booties? Twist to bootie mode and drop one in each.
  3. Plug into any wall outlet and walk away. Warm, dry air moves through the whole suit and the timer shuts it off for you.
Shipping & returns

Free shipping in the continental US. Limited first run: we anticipate shipping within 7 days. Cancel any time before it ships.

60-day returns: send it back in its original condition and packaging. If it’s a defect or our mistake, we cover return shipping. Every unit carries a 180-day warranty.

Built for twice-a-day sessions.

Thermo-Core heat

Dries both sides of your wetsuit and booties at once. DRY in 1 to 4 hours.

Safety built in

Thermal and electrical protection on every unit. Plugs into any wall outlet, 120/240V, anywhere in the world.

Set it and walk away

Pick a time on the 4-position auto-shutoff timer. It turns itself off. Your suit is ready when you are.

SURFDRY Heated controller with four timer settings

Pick a time. Walk away.

Four timer settings. When the time is up, SURFDRY Heated shuts itself off.

30 min1 hr3 hr5 hr
  • Test and Reset buttons for the built-in electrical safety.
  • Thermal protection built in.
  • Plugs into any wall outlet, 120 or 240V.

Surf. Rinse. DRY.

A dryer, or a backup wetsuit?

A backup wetsuit

$300–$700

A backup doesn’t make either suit last longer. Neoprene ages whether you wear it or not, so suits bought together wear out together.

SURFDRY Heated

$178

Your one suit, DRY in 1 to 4 hours and warm for the next session.

One suit per thickness, DRY every session. Keep a few hundred dollars in your pocket, and one less suit in the landfill.

We track moisture to the gram.

Obsessive about the details: every test suit is weighed against its verified dry weight. The drying curve doesn't lie.

4 hrs
SURFDRY Heated — DRY. Two sessions, one suit, same day.
Overnight
SURFDRY Original — DRY by morning. Pick a warm, dry spot (68°F / 20°C or warmer).
Days+
Natural evaporation stalls near 67%. Still damp.
SURFDRY HeatedSURFDRY OriginalNatural evaporation
100%75%50%25%0%0h3h6h9h12h15h DRY in 4 hrs DRY overnight 67%

Controlled side-by-side test · matched major-manufacturer 3/2 mm suits · Feb 15–16, 2026 · ~67–71°F · ~60% RH

Questions

How long does Heated take to dry a wetsuit?

DRY in 1 to 4 hours, depending on the thickness of your suit and the room you dry in. That's fast enough to surf this morning and paddle back out this afternoon.

Will the heat damage my wetsuit?

No. Heated uses warm air, not hot air. It took many rounds of development to get the airflow, drying rate and temperature right: the moving air does most of the work, and the warmth speeds it up.

We've run dozens of drying cycles on 20 wetsuit brands, including two of the world's largest. We've seen no accelerated wear: no glue failures, no jersey delamination and no seam damage.

Is it safe to leave running?

Yes, that's what it's built for. Heated has three layers of safety built in:

  • Thermal protection keeps the warm air from running too hot. If a fan stalls or the airflow gets blocked, a thermal cutoff limits the heat.
  • Timed shutoff: pick a time and walk away. When the time is up, Heated turns itself off.
  • GFCI electrical protection cuts the power if it detects a fault. TEST and RESET buttons sit on the controller.
What do the timer settings do?

The controller has four settings: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours and 5 hours. Press the orange button to pick one. When the time is up, Heated turns off.

  • Booties: 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • The thickest, lined and hooded suits: 5 hours.

Most other suits fall in between.

Is Heated louder than Original?

Yes. Drying a suit in hours instead of overnight takes a lot more air moving through it, and moving more air makes more sound. It's a steady hum, about like a white-noise machine.

What power does Heated need?

A standard wall outlet. The controller works on 120 V and 240 V, so it runs almost anywhere in the world.

This first run ships with a North American power cord. Outside North America, pick up a figure-8 power cord (IEC C7) with your country's plug from a local electronics store. It plugs straight into the controller. Not sure what to buy? Ask us.

Can I run Heated in my car, truck or van?

Often, yes, and it's a great way to warm your suit on the drive to the break. Here's the math to check your vehicle.

What Heated needs: 120 V and 170 W for the pair. If you're running it from the 12 V side through an inverter, the inverter loses about 10 to 15% in the conversion, so plan on about 200 W. That's roughly 15 amps at 12 V.

  • Built-in AC outlet: check the watt rating in your owner's manual or next to the outlet. Many trucks and SUVs have 400 W outlets, and EVs with vehicle-to-load (V2L) supply far more. Rated lower? Give it a try anyway. If the outlet can't keep up, its overload protection simply switches it off. Unplug Heated and check your manual to reset it.
  • Add-on inverter: choose a pure sine wave inverter rated 300 W or more, wired directly to the vehicle battery.
  • Cigarette-lighter socket: most are fused at 10 to 15 amps, about 120 to 180 W at 12 V. That's below the 200 W an inverter needs to draw, so running Heated from a lighter circuit is unlikely to work.

Keep the engine running (or your EV switched on) so you don't drain the battery.

Want to dry off-grid without an inverter? Original runs on any USB-C battery pack.

When will my Heated ship?

Heated is a limited first run. We anticipate shipping within 7 days, with free US shipping. You can cancel any time before it ships.

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