Drysuit dump valve and/or lack of skill

[rjack321]

I agree with that, but I don't see anything wrong with going even completely vertical for a few seconds to manage your suit. I don't see any problem in breaking trim for a specific purpose if it makes you more comfortable. (I don't think this is quite what you were complaining about)

The "problem" is you end up doing it alot. Once for a weird fat foot or something is no big deal. Regularly every 10ft is an annoying pain.

 

[lamont]

The "problem" is you end up doing it alot. Once for a weird fat foot or something is no big deal. Regularly every 10ft is an annoying pain.

Its kind of like rebooting your drysuit. And if you're constantly rebooting you're doing something wrong.

 

[rjack321]

Its kind of like rebooting your drysuit. And if you're constantly rebooting you're doing something wrong.

Good one

 

[b1gcountry]

Its kind of like rebooting your drysuit. And if you're constantly rebooting you're doing something wrong.

...well, if you have a windows drysuit, then that's just what you're stuck doing

I come up to your neck of the woods every so often, and when I do, I'm always borrowing tanks. I'm not used to cold saltwater, and with different gear every dive, my weighting isn't perfect. When I'm light, I just do what I need to do. I don't worry about breaking trim to make a stop more comfortable and get a little air out of the suit.

The most annoying part is when my mouth gets dry and I take a sip from the Sound. Yuck.

Tom

 

[Thalassamania]

I dive with a small "bubble" in each foot/leg and one across my back. All together that may be three or four lbs. I use that tripod to keep in trim, spilling air from one to the other as needed. I never have to go vertical, but I can, head up or head down ... but we had that discussion before. I think adding a little weight and staying conscious concerning where the air is and what it is doing is the ticket here.

 

[rjack321]

Any updates??
Adobo have you tried adding a couple pounds and did it help? Hurt? or did you try something completely different?
Or not been back in the water yet

 

[kyjellyfish]

I just found this thread since I feel like I'm having the same issue that Ted originally described. When I descend, I go vertical to vent as much air out of my suit. At about a few feet I level off and add a puff or two to my suit and wing to slow the descent down. For the duration of my dive I usually tolerate the shrink wrap-page for fear of complicating my ascent by not adding any additional air. My struggle is controlling my 10' stops on the ascent - I feel like I can't vent effectively without breaking trim.

I think my weighting is on the lighter side and will definitely try to add a couple more lbs. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!

 

[lamont]

My struggle is controlling my 10' stops on the ascent - I feel like I can't vent effectively without breaking trim.

You are supposed to break trim to vent effectively.

In fact I would say you need to continue to break trim until you hit a point where you vent effectively.

With more skill you can minimize how much you break trim, but if you don't have the skill its more important to break trim to dump and get the job done.

Its possible you have a badly positioned drysuit valve, although plenty of people dive somewhat sub-optimally placed drysuit valves just fine.

And I don't know what they're like now but the apeks low-profile dump used to be crap and I replaced mine with a si-tech and never looked back (that was ~2005 though).