DSS (Deep Sea Supply)---Warning

[Dogbowl]

And here I am with a closet full of stretch pants.

@Bubblesong , can you do a limerick about zippers, wings and stretchy pants please?

 

[mi000ke]

Let me try to get this thread back on track. Can animals express animus?

 

[The Chairman]

Based on that, a great idea then would be for a manufacturer to offer a wing repair class,

It would be a ten minute class. They just aren't that hard.

Pete, I'm thinking you have done it enough times that you don't have, next to that cafeteria tray, a laptop with the step-by-step service manual on it, where you're constantly referring back and forth between the screen and what's on the table, trying to make sure you don't mix up the o-rings and make other rookie mistakes, and so forth. Sure, if I do this enough, I'll get good at it. But servicing my wife's and my reg sets once a year, it may take a while.

Use a phone and take copious pictures as the thing comes apart. It's really very, very simple with very few moving parts.

- For magahelic,

Just use a bucket of water. I used to teach with magnahelics, but they are unnecessary and you probably won't have one at a dive resort. I'll take some pics or a video on how to do this and start another thread.

 

[Lorenzoid]

It would be a ten minute class. They just aren't that hard.

Then offer one to the OP?

I'm only being half facetious here. I think I really might be interested in a wing repair class that included how to open up a zipperless wing, repair or replace the bladder, and sew it closed again. Looking at the seam on my DSS wing, I would have no idea how to open that up and sew it back the way it was.

 

[divad]

. Looking at the seam on my DSS wing, I would have no idea how to open that up and sew it back the way it was.

After all that effort to liberate the doomed inner-bladder, why in the world would you try to sew it back up instead of hiring someone to sew in a proper zipper?

 

[divad]

I mean, around here, in these hillbilly environs in which I find myself recently ensconced , there seems to be an abundance of talented crafts-people who would be happy to sew a proper zipper into a simple nylon bag AND genuinely be happy to do it.

 

[eelnoraa]

After all that effort to liberate the doomed inner-bladder, why in the world would you try to sew it back up instead of hiring someone to sew in a proper zipper?

or why in the world would you use a sewed in wing instead of a zipper wing when user serviceable is your goal.

 

[Couv]

Then offer one to the OP?

I'm only being half facetious here. I think I really might be interested in a wing repair class that included how to open up a zipperless wing, repair or replace the bladder, and sew it closed again. Looking at the seam on my DSS wing, I would have no idea how to open that up and sew it back the way it was.

I have to admit, I would be quite daunted by having to rip the seams and re-sew the bag (shell) back together-hence my question about not having a zipper. Removing and replacing the bladder on a wing is much easier than doing so on a jacket style BC. Speaking of which, every wing and BC I've had & have (with the exception of my first, a White Stag horse-collar) had a zipper.

Remove the fittings, unzip the bag, remove and replace/repair the bladder. Reverse.
It helps to have the fitting tools and know how avoid twisting the fittings so that you don't damage the bladder.

This is a bit simplified because it's a bladder-less wing; but it'll give you an idea of the process as these are typical fittings found on my VDH and Oxycheq wings and if I'm not mistaken on DSS wings too.

 

[The Chairman]

I have to admit, I would be quite daunted by having to rip the seams and re-sew the bag (shell) back together-hence my question about not having a zipper.

Lots of options out there. Choose the one(s) you like. No manufacturer can please everyone, but we do hope they can all be civil. My first sidemount was from a wing where I cut off all sorts of loops and fasteners and sewed them on the other side. I did this so that I would have the corrugated hose on the other side where it wouldn't hit the ceiling. I still own it and the sewing has held up fine. A walking foot is the only way for me to handle that.

 

[Bubblesong]

@Bubblesong , can you do a limerick about zippers, wings and stretchy pants please?

Miffed at the lack of a torus wing zipper

She Mauled the thing using a dull seam ripper

Then sewed the holes snugger

Than her stretch pants could hug her

If it fails, can she say the seller tried to gyp her?