Sterilizing options

[davehicks]

With Steramine you can spray and let it dry or you can soak but not for longer than 10 mins (everything is sterilized before that and keeping it longer may damage the plastic).

After multiple years of using Steramine at least 100 times a year on my BOV, the mushroom valves still look and work like new. It does not seem to cause any problems on the silicone or rubber parts.

 

[LFMarm]

After multiple years of using Steramine at least 100 times a year on my BOV, the mushroom valves still look and work like new. It does not seem to cause any problems on the silicone or rubber parts.

This is one of the benefits of Steramine vs other options.

 

[mr_v]

Zero issues with Steramine. Just learn to distinguish between Steramine taste and caustic cocktail. When I tasted Steramine residue for the first time, I thought that loop went caustic and aborted the dive. That was laughable.

 

[EE-JIT]

Nothing against steramine but not easy to get in this part of the world.hence looking at baby sterilizing like Milton

 

[happy-diver]

Cleanliness is next to godliness, but since I stopped doing CCR demos at the terminal dept, of the regions
local infectious diseases hospital, my hygene regimen is a quick wash with hot water and washing powder
also by sloshing some hydrochloric acid through the scrubber to get rid of that chalky glueey cheesy stuff

Because any diseases I'm breathing are mine and I'm keeping them

 

[kensuf]

A brand new choptima comes with a bottle of steramine tablets. Given that Dive Rite does that, I think it would be safe to assume that is what the manufacturer recommends.

 

[LFMarm]

Zero issues with Steramine. Just learn to distinguish between Steramine taste and caustic cocktail. When I tasted Steramine residue for the first time, I thought that loop went caustic and aborted the dive. That was laughable.

Or rinse it and never need to guess

 

[Mr_C]

This is an interesting question. Both my wife and I have been using Steramine for years on our rEvos. I have never had an issue. However, I do notice that I sometimes start coughing on long dives. I attributed it to an athletic asthma since I had that as a kid. I might looking into switching cleaning techniques and see if that changes things.

 

[GF99/99]

A brand new choptima comes with a bottle of steramine tablets. Given that Dive Rite does that, I think it would be safe to assume that is what the manufacturer recommends.

It is also listed in CCR manufacturers user manuals as the approved disinfectant. It’s actually where I first learned about it was reading it in my JJ manual when I first started diving CCR’s. I love the stuff I use it on everything, I wish I knew about it earlier.

I have been using in forever in multiple units now and I never rinse it out with no issue or irritation and I am a germ freak so I rise my CL, and loop after every dive with steramine. I also keep a spray bottle of it in my dive box to squirt it all over my mask and second stages when I get out of the water and have yet to get mold growing on any of my gear. And then the best use is I keep one of those science lab plastic squirt bottles full of it for flushing my pee valve hose out when I take my dry suit off.

 

[Rebreather Rabbit]

Just chiming in on the discussion on the Steramine residue for those that may read this and misinterpret the chatter about rinsing.

Quat sanitizers like Steramine should fully air-dry first before any optional final rinse.

The final drying stage allows the quaternary ammonia to fully contact surfaces outside of solution and react with any remaining nasties. This is why instructions specifically call out air-drying as the final step after application.