cummings66
Contributor
The rule of thumb I use in fresh water, never dove salt but the concept is the same since we get sand and stuff in that water is this. If the gear will dry out/off before I get home I'll rinse it there. I bring a couple gallons of fresh water with me and use that for the rinse, or I'll rinse it at the motel/campsite if I can. It "NEVER" dries off without being rinsed in clean water.
Here's why, sand is pretty nasty stuff and it once made a reg freeflow on me because I used to assume fresh water wasn't bad. It is, consider that the vis is maybe 5 to 10 feet on average and that's due to the silt and stuff floating in suspension, it'll dry on the gear and jam things up if not removed. So I think it's similar while not as bad as salt it does cause problems and I've managed to avoid them since I started rinsing without letting the gear dryout.
Here's why, sand is pretty nasty stuff and it once made a reg freeflow on me because I used to assume fresh water wasn't bad. It is, consider that the vis is maybe 5 to 10 feet on average and that's due to the silt and stuff floating in suspension, it'll dry on the gear and jam things up if not removed. So I think it's similar while not as bad as salt it does cause problems and I've managed to avoid them since I started rinsing without letting the gear dryout.