Honestly, I have never had to pee in a drysuit, but I do keep a box of depends iwth my dive gear just in case, b/c the one time you don't wear them, you will piss yourself
Life without a pee valve
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Ben_ca
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... but also do not let not having a pee valve stop you from hydrating well during your pre dive prep... I find that with a pee valve I drink a lot more fluids during the pre dive prep...
This is why I dive with a pee valve. I believe, for me, it is a safety item. Here's why:
I don't enjoy the urge to pee, which the cold water seem to bring on with me. Some time back I took an "undeserved" hit and spent a day doing a table six in the chamber. One of the contributing factors was being dehydrated. I had been trying to avoid the need to pee. As Ben said above, I now hydrate way up, and feel comfortable doing so knowing that I can go and go and go as much, and as easily, as I want. The pee valve promotes hydration. Good hydrations help prevent DCS.
I agree with Mr. W. Monkey. Once you've had it, you don't want to go back.
A good Pee valve is the way to go.
I don't enjoy the urge to pee, which the cold water seem to bring on with me. Some time back I took an "undeserved" hit and spent a day doing a table six in the chamber. One of the contributing factors was being dehydrated. I had been trying to avoid the need to pee. As Ben said above, I now hydrate way up, and feel comfortable doing so knowing that I can go and go and go as much, and as easily, as I want. The pee valve promotes hydration. Good hydrations help prevent DCS.
I agree with Mr. W. Monkey. Once you've had it, you don't want to go back.
A good Pee valve is the way to go.
dsteding
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dsteding:
That's a very informative and funny thread
Thanks for posting it! It's the everyting you wanted to know but afraid to ask thread for men lol
dsteding
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Whale Whisperer:That's a very informative and funny thread
Indeed, a must read for anyone using a pee valve . . .
JeffG
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Did you get rid of the quick disconnect?Rick Inman:This is why I dive with a pee valve. I believe, for me, it is a safety item. Here's why:
I don't enjoy the urge to pee, which the cold water seem to bring on with me. Some time back I took an "undeserved" hit and spent a day doing a table six in the chamber. One of the contributing factors was being dehydrated. I had been trying to avoid the need to pee. As Ben said above, I now hydrate way up, and feel comfortable doing so knowing that I can go and go and go as much, and as easily, as I want. The pee valve promotes hydration. Good hydrations help prevent DCS.
I agree with Mr. W. Monkey. Once you've had it, you don't want to go back.
A good Pee valve is the way to go.
I changed the way I hydrate myself. With a wetsuit, I would drink a lot right before the dive. Now that I dive dry, I drink a lot the night before. Then the next morning, I don't drink much. I also try to avoid caffeine unless absolutely necessary. BTW - no pee valve for me (yet).
Minh
Minh
Whale Whisp...your link didn't work for me...
I don't have a P-valve because I am a female. I have mostly dived with men and the serious ones have a P-valve. I am jealous! I make sure I P before I suit up, if I were to do long DECO dives I would certainly wear something...so I could do the !!!
But my point in my post is and it is quite funny...is I dive tropical and I find it hard to P in a wet suit in the ocean while diving because I have conditioned myself NOT to need to P in my drysuit. Can you imagine how bad you feel the urge and NOT be able to pee UNTIL you get out of the dive gear....talk about potty training...it sucks...it's not fun...so get a P valve and be happy.
K
I don't have a P-valve because I am a female. I have mostly dived with men and the serious ones have a P-valve. I am jealous! I make sure I P before I suit up, if I were to do long DECO dives I would certainly wear something...so I could do the !!!
But my point in my post is and it is quite funny...is I dive tropical and I find it hard to P in a wet suit in the ocean while diving because I have conditioned myself NOT to need to P in my drysuit. Can you imagine how bad you feel the urge and NOT be able to pee UNTIL you get out of the dive gear....talk about potty training...it sucks...it's not fun...so get a P valve and be happy.
K
The urge to pee was explained very logically and scientifically in a recent edition of Dive Training Magazine. Can't remember exactly which (and I'm not at home to check), but if you can find the copy, it's a good article. All to do with pressure and immersion...
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