EliKmeid
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Hey Guys!
I have been diving with a drysuit/latex dry hood combination since 2015 after sustaining an ear injury. Long story short I have to keep my ear dry. Ever since I have tried everything from the pro ear mask to ear plugs and nothing works well until I tried the latex dry hoods. So far I have a latex hood that I glue to my drysuit neck and I add a neck seal under it so that in case of a flood I do not flood my whole drysuit. I use a silicone surgical tube under the neck dam to vent the hood from the drysuit on descent and a small button hood vent on top to flush extra gas from the hood on ascent. So far this combination makes my diving completely dry, however after a while the latex stretches a bit and it leaks a small amount of water in.
My question is, are any cold water divers out there using dry hoods for a while? if so how did you solve the leaking water problem if any? is there any technique to flush the water out of the hood?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Eli
I have been diving with a drysuit/latex dry hood combination since 2015 after sustaining an ear injury. Long story short I have to keep my ear dry. Ever since I have tried everything from the pro ear mask to ear plugs and nothing works well until I tried the latex dry hoods. So far I have a latex hood that I glue to my drysuit neck and I add a neck seal under it so that in case of a flood I do not flood my whole drysuit. I use a silicone surgical tube under the neck dam to vent the hood from the drysuit on descent and a small button hood vent on top to flush extra gas from the hood on ascent. So far this combination makes my diving completely dry, however after a while the latex stretches a bit and it leaks a small amount of water in.
My question is, are any cold water divers out there using dry hoods for a while? if so how did you solve the leaking water problem if any? is there any technique to flush the water out of the hood?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Eli
