Mask Rinse Bucket

[Splitlip]

Anybody still make use of the rinse buckets for masks on charter boats?
I don't. I carry my own jug of quality h20 for rinsing. At least one boat I use won't put a rinse bucket out because of hygiene concerns. They instead offer patrons the use of a shower in the over head in the center of the deck.
I once watched a guy who had apparently had some clearing issues surface with what looked a big bloody amoeba in his mask. He removed his mask and shook it out on the deck. I asked if he was ok. He replied it happened all the time and headed to the rinse station.
Another thread got me wondering if I am being overly paranoid. (just because you're paranoid, it does not mean the world is not out to get ya)

 

[spectrum]

Frankly my mask is one of the few things I seldom rinse post dive. I dive mainly salt water.

I can appreciate you concerns for putting any personal gear into a community rinse tub.

Pete

 

[Divmstr223]

I use it all the time....I firmly believe in the 10 second rule and have increased it to minutes/hours/days if I find something tasty in the couch coushions...

Having said that, rinsing my mask in someone elses snot doesn't bother me a bit....I probably swam through there pee on the previous dive anyway...

 

[EvaL]

Hi, same here, it's been a while since I put my mask in a bucket. Ewww, that guy with blood in his mask shouldn't have tossed his mask into the bucket. Even if he's disease-free, it's gross. I don't think you're paranoid, you just never know what diseases people may be carrying. Most paramedics won't perform CPR on a stranger without a CPR mask.
I, too, bring a bottle of tap water to rinse off my camera and strobe (if there's no FW bucket for it on the boat) at the end of the dive.
Dive safely.

 

[underachiever]

Just had an idea!(light bulb) On the boats I have been on there is a seperate camera bucket, usually much larger, that they ask you not to rinse your mask in for the reason that defogger does not like seals........... OK, I have a camera and appreciate that, How bout using a clean cup and dip a little water out of the camera well and pour in your mask to rinse.

 

[erparamedic]

How about taking the mask off at the end of the dive and rinsing the boogers out into the free ocean... then getting back on the boat??? I never use the rinse bucket.... I just spit in my mask before putting it on for the next dive. I rinse all my gear when back at the room later. That's what the bathtub is for!

 

[piikki]

How about taking the mask off at the end of the dive and rinsing the boogers out into the free ocean... then getting back on the boat??? I never use the rinse bucket.... I just spit in my mask before putting it on for the next dive. I rinse all my gear when back at the room later. That's what the bathtub is for!

Yea.

I am either too new or too slow. I never realized you were supposed to rinse in the bucket AFTER the dive. On the charters I've been to, people do it before the dive to de-fog, and that grosses me out enough - depending which defogger is used...

If waters are calm, I cannot see why people just do not wait till they get in water. I do and I struggle enough because once I take my eyeglasses off I am pretty dependent on my fogging Rx mask. I prefer not to know whose snotballs I am smearing on my face and like them diluted, thank you

 

[fallcreek196]

Never thought about it before, but I will now.

 

[Stu S.]

Used dishwater at a restaurant is probably a healthier blend than those mask buckets. I won't use the bucket, or the rinse tub outside on the dock. I got off a boat recently, and a woman put all of her gear in the tub and washed it around like old-time laundry. The condition of the used water told me never again will I dip my regulator into someone else's urine.

We have a favorite boat in Boynton Beach, FL. Captain Lynn Simmons has a small shower head installed as a mask rinse. As a marine biologist, she knows that's the right thing to do.

 

[Amadeus023]

I use it all the time....I firmly believe in the 10 second rule and have increased it to minutes/hours/days if I find something tasty in the couch coushions...

Having said that, rinsing my mask in someone elses snot doesn't bother me a bit....I probably swam through there pee on the previous dive anyway...

Dis-gust-ing! I brought up my concerns regarding community germs during my OW certification pool dives and my instructor said that it was not a problem - yeah, right! That is one reason why I wanted my own gear because I was not fond of the idea that the equipment did not undergo any sanitization procedure (simply a fresh water rinse - hmmmm).