Buying and Selling "Christened" Wetsuits

[Bryan]

It's been entertaining (in sort of an alarming way) to read about people's opinions about whether to pee or not to pee in their wetsuit--and the thought came to me... how many people would buy a wetsuit if they KNEW FOR SURE that the previous owner had pottied in it?

 

[Tamas]

It's been entertaining (in sort of an alarming way) to read about people's opinions about whether to pee or not to pee in their wetsuit--and the thought came to me... how many people would buy a wetsuit if they KNEW FOR SURE that the previous owner had pottied in it?

I would just wash it, well....other than that no biggie.

You are touching and getting exposed to worst stuff than that on a daily basis, so don't sweat it.

 

[TSandM]

I wouldn't buy one that stank.

Otherwise, urine is sterile, and if the suit is rinsed or treated so it doesn't smell, who cares.

 

[KansaiKitsune]

It doesn't bother me. The ocean is the world's largest open air toilet, anyway. Trillions of life forms a day excrete into it, and we swim in it.

 

[Jason Ooi]

I don't buy second hand wetsuit...I did peed in wetsuit, I mind somone else pee in "Hygiene"

 

[CompuDude]

I pee in my wetsuit. But I wouldn't buy a used wetsuit. Peed in or not. The pee really has no bearing on the issue, however. That option wasn't really available in the poll, however.

If I was to sell my wetsuit, someone would be silly not to buy it. Henderson Insta-Dry. Liquids slide right off. And it has a microbial lining, better yet.

But I won't sell my wetsuit until it's dead, too compressed to be useful. And then you WOULD be a fool to buy it.

 

[spectrum]

I'm with TSandM.

As long as it doesn't smell like a urinal who cares. My funkiest neoprene has come from rotting bio-load coming from open water, not from my relief.

Petye

 

[drbill]

As TSandM mentioned urine is sterile, although if the previous owner has certain diseases I believe they can be transmitted through it. However, a good cleaning and I wouldn't worry about it.

Advice from a former frequent pee'er who somehow changed his ways nearly 100 dives ago. I stopped peeing in my suit this summer for some unknown reason (possibly not over-hydrating) and have been pee free for approximately 150 out of my last 151 dives. And that's the truth, so help me Neptune!

 

[Jcsgt]

I stopped peeing in my suit this summer for some unknown reason (possibly not over-hydrating) and have been pee free for approximately 150 out of my last 151 dives. And that's the truth, so help me Neptune!

Congrats, Drbill! My record's about a dive and-a-half.

 

[Bryan]

My name is Jcsgt, and I've been pee-pee free for a dive and a half.