Blowing Tank Air on a Regulator

[flyboy08]

Ridiculous thread

 

[Steelyeyes]

Funny thing, I live on Bonaire and I do see this done a lot even in 2023. It generally seems to be the Dutch divers that do it. My regulator dust "cap" is a ball with no recess to hold water. It's dry in seconds in the sun before I get a chance to install it.

 

[MidOH]

Even I know it's amateur to do this.

Use your towel, and get a better cap if you need to. "My scubapro comes with an ignorant cap thats hard to dry" is not a valid excuse.

Also, you can leave the damn cap on the boat where it'll stay dry. My din caps are tied to my reg bag, not my reg.

 

[Marie13]

Noise drives me bats. You hear a lot of it at the local quarry during OW classes.

 

[jborg]

I see no reason to bring dust caps under water. On the contrary, they seem like an obvious snag hazard; I’m sure innumerable divers have died from dust cap entanglement. Just leave them on the boat / in the car and they’re dry and ready when needed after the dive.

 

[BlueTrin]

Are people attaching the dust cap to the hose during the dive?

I just leave my dust caps in my dry bag …

I’m sure innumerable divers have died from dust cap entanglement.

Is that entanglement from the long hoses of annoyed people sitting next to that diver?

 

[NYCrecdiver]

My dust caps don't get wet. Both tank and first stage dust caps go in a ziploc bag in my small drybag after I've set up my tank.

 

[Jimchris]

Dust caps stay in the garage, cab of the truck, or in the dry bag on the boat.

 

[johndiver999]

This is so ridiculous. REAL divers ALWAYS blow off the dust caps and it doesn't bother them one lick... after all they are all more or less deaf.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Now that I know how annoying high pressure air blasts are to some people, I’ll have to make sure to do it more.
Shoulda kept your mouth shut.