Question Drysuit Heating. Which valves should I get?

[Sol]

Thanks, all, for your advice and input. I ended up going with Santi -- my friend had it in stock and says he's had good experience with it. Question, though: the connector comes with a little round plastic thingie. Anybody know what it's for?

 

[Wibble]

Thanks, all, for your advice and input. I ended up going with Santi -- my friend had it in stock and says he's had good experience with it. Question, though: the connector comes with a little round plastic thingie. Anybody know what it's for?

Clipped to the underside of the valve to make it:

• More comfortable when the valve is pressed against your ribs/sternum when inflating
• Distributes the gas through by having more holes
• Stops you from being frozen with the cold drysuit inflation gas (air)
• Prevent the (weak and feeble) E/O cable from being squashed

 

[Sol]

Clipped to the underside of the valve to make it:

• more comfortable when the valve is pressed against st your ribs/sternum
• Let the gas through by having more holes
• Stops you from being frozen with the cold drysuit inflation gas (air)
• Prevent the (weak and feeble) E/O cable from being squashed

Ya, I looked at my instructor's set up (see below). That round piece marked with the red arrows is what it clips to. From its positioning, I'm guessing it's what the male threads on the connector screw into from the outside of the drysuit, replacing the original Apeks valve cap. Instructor says the connector should have shipped with it, and of course it didn't, and I don't know why not. Can't even find it on any of the Santi websites, so god knows what it's even called.