Dry suit shoulder dump

[ScubaDadMiami]

I have never needed to use my valve in any way other than fully open, allowing gas to dump without assistance. I have never needed to manually push it to dump nor have I ever needed to tighten it down due to too much gas escaping. The less gas in the suit, the better IMHO.

I guess there is the possibility of needing to tighten it down if there were a wing failure with full tanks but that is about all I can think of.

 

[SDAnderson]

I have never needed to use my valve in any way other than fully open, allowing gas to dump without assistance. I have never needed to manually push it to dump nor have I ever needed to tighten it down due to too much gas escaping. The less gas in the suit, the better IMHO.

I guess there is the possibility of needing to tighten it down if there were a wing failure with full tanks but that is about all I can think of.

Those of us poor sods that dive cold water like a little extra gas in the suit for the improved insulation value which sometimes means that you have enough exhaust pressure to bleed out unintentionally. The more loft to the heavy underwear, the warmer we stay and after an hour in 40F water, I'll take every therm I can find. Otherwise, I'm with you - less is more when it comes to gas in the drysuit, at least until you start getting hickeys on your legs.