DIN Dust Cap?

[tokillamurderer]

Hey everyone, I'm curious what you all use for a dust cap on your DIN 1st stages. The ones that came with my Apeks DSTs have no lanyards, so I added them, but there are no swivels on the dust caps, so screwing them on just twists the lanyards (which I made short so they wouldn't get tangled in other gear while diving), which makes them difficult to put on.

My real question is: does anyone know if they make DIN 1st stage threaded dust caps with swivels for the lanyards?

Also, does anyone have any experience with the rubber slip on dust caps and how well they keep water out of the 1st stages while dunking them in fresh water to clean them?

Thanks!

 

[runsongas]

I leave my DIN caps in the car or in my dive bag on the boat. Why does it need to go with you underwater?

the slip on caps do not keep water out if you dunk/soak with them

 

[Boarderguy]

They stay above the surface and put on once everything is dry. They don't need to go with you.

 

[tokillamurderer]

"They don't need to go with you" isn't quite helpful. Just like the caps for the valves are tied off on the valves, and yoke caps are tied off to their respective orifices, I want my DIN caps tied off to their regulators, not somewhere else where I DON'T need them to be. Regardless if keeping an accessory with the item it goes to makes sense to you or not, it does to me, so I'm looking for a better method of tieing them off.

 

[rhwestfall]

First off, just spin the handwheel to install/remove them (no swivel needed). Second, I clip them on a carbiner in my bag/crate/etc., or put them in my computer hard case and leave them topside when diving.

 

[Boarderguy]

All of my regulators yoke/DIN and tank valve caps stay on shore.

 

[Eric802]

If you tie it off to the regulator, it'll be wet when you surface and you have to deal with drying it off before you put it on. It's considerably deeper than a yolk cap so ensuring that there's no water in there is harder. I just tie mine off on my dive bag after I assemble my gear and I know right where it is when I take the reg off.

 

[tokillamurderer]

A bit of extra, albeit unnecessary with regard to my original question, information: my DIN regs are on a doubles setup. They stay connected to the tank valves on that doubles setup until everything is home and ready to be rinsed, hours later. Having water inside the dust cap while diving is a nonissue. Again, I'm asking if anyone knows of any DIN dust caps with swivels for the lanyards. Thanks for your help.

 

[inquis]

Give the cap the opposite spin before putting them on the reg. (The rotation onto the reg undoes the pre-spin.)

 

[inka]

just put a swiwel on ypur

bit of extra, albeit unnecessary with regard to my original question, information: my DIN regs are on a doubles setup. They stay connected to the tank valves on that doubles setup until everything is home and ready to be rinsed, hours later. Having water inside the dust cap while diving is a nonissue. Again, I'm asking if anyone knows of any DIN dust caps with swivels for the lanyards. Thanks for your help.

just put this swivel on the lanyards:

Commercial Grade Line Swivel

* This is a high quality stainless steel line swivel for use with dive reels and finger spools! * They use a stainless steel ball bearing inside which allows this swivel to move freely and keep your dive line from getting kinked up * Fits all dive line sizes so no need to worry about will it fit...

www.piranhadivemfg.com