Drysuit Question - Why don't you.....

[Jonn]

On the other hand, taking a leak while in a backzip suit sucks donkey balls.

Relief zip. Of all the obscure little options you can get with these things, that extra little zipper is one of the handiest! Of no use to the tech crowd with their p-valves, but makes two or three dives off a day boat much simpler.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

Relief zip. Of all the obscure little options you can get with these things, that extra little zipper is one of the handiest! Of no use to the tech crowd with their p-valves, but makes two or three dives off a day boat much simpler.

Wait, you can just add a zipper to pee?

 

[Storker]

Relief zip. Of all the obscure little options you can get with these things, that extra little zipper is one of the handiest!

I believe you. OTOH, it's yet another failure point.

Of no use to the tech crowd with their p-valves,

Who, incidentally, have to glue a condom catheter to their junk to use said p-valve. Just sayin'.

 

[Storker]

Wait, you can just add a zipper to pee?

Yep, some suits can be delivered with a small, strategically located horizontal zipper.

Not much help for the ladies, though.

 

[Jonn]

Wait, you can just add a zipper to pee?

Science!

Nobody offers it off the rack, but they’ll all do it if you ask.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

you could glue eyes and nose above that and call it your Quatto.

 

[Scuba-74]

Wait, you can just add a zipper to pee?

Yes, just not underwater where the need is most pressing.

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

so besides the tech guys who are gluing balloons to their willies or adding a gnarly looking zipper (anyone seen Something About Mary?), how do most cold water divers handle the pee issue when diving drysuit?

 

[lexvil]

so besides the tech guys who are gluing balloons to their willies or adding a gnarly looking zipper (anyone seen Something About Mary?), how do most cold water divers handle the pee issue when diving drysuit?

Once you get past the fear, pee valve the only way to go or do very short dives.

 

[Scuba-74]

so besides the tech guys who are gluing balloons to their willies or adding a gnarly looking zipper (anyone seen Something About Mary?), how do most cold water divers handle the pee issue when diving drysuit?

There are several threads on the subject on this forum, but there is no consensus. Some swear by catheters and pee-valves, some use diapers (and there are different schools of though as to should it be adult or baby diapers), some rely on "hydration and urine management".

I'm in the same boat - fairly new to dry-suit diving, trying the...least invasive options first, until the 1st incident forces me to reconsider.