p-valve hose routing and undergarments

[Whitrzac]

Never got why everyone wants a qd. It takes 10s to put the cath on a barb with no extra parts or valves to fail.

KISS

 

[Boarderguy]

Don’t pee standing up out of the water.

I pee standing nearly every time I'm in the damn thing. Makes zero difference if you use a wideband and have a clean shaft.

Never got why everyone wants a qd. It takes 10s to put the cath on a barb with no extra parts or valves to fail.

KISS

It is simpler with a QD. Literally a single button and you're connected or disconnected. Great if you plan a couple dives and may end up out of the suit for whatever reason. No dicking around with getting the barb set while in the suit. Way easier (simple) with a QD. I don't see why do many are set on fiddling with the cath while in the suit to get the hose connected.

 

[broncobowsher]

Never got why everyone wants a qd. It takes 10s to put the cath on a barb with no extra parts or valves to fail.

KISS

Made to measure suit doesn't have that much room to get my mitts down there and fuss with blindly putting a barbed fitting into some floppy silicone. Prefer to do that bit where I can work it and see it.

 

[Tracy]

Never got why everyone wants a qd. It takes 10s to put the cath on a barb with no extra parts or valves to fail.

KISS

I think it is just what you get used to. My normal cold water suit has a QD on the hose so I use it. The suit I have been diving down here in Mexico has a barb fitting so I have been using that. I don't think there is any difference in how long it takes to suit up. You still have to stick a barb fitting in the cath.

 

[Tracy]

Made to measure suit doesn't have that much room to get my mitts down there and fuss with blindly putting a barbed fitting into some floppy silicone. Prefer to do that bit where I can work it and see it.

I just pull mine out and hold it out in front of my chest so I can see what I am working with. Doesn't everybody do it that way?

 

[Boarderguy]

To better answer the question...

My Seaskin undergarment has a zip on the top and bottom. I fully zip up and then raise the lower zipper enough to connect. I then route the hose up into my undergarment with my unit pointing up. Then I zip back down and call it a day, ready to go. I pre-dive pee, while standing away from the gear up area, to make sure everything is correct before I don my rig most of the time. No unusual pressure means I'm good to go.

 

[crofrog]

Never got why everyone wants a qd. It takes 10s to put the cath on a barb with no extra parts or valves to fail.

KISS

Agreed and honestly the qd is a bit of a flow restriction. I notice more balloning when I have one in the system

 

[mje113]

Ok, so QD or no, any tips for how to deal with things at the end of the day? Should I expect I'll just end up with some dribbled pee everywhere? Or does the hose actually empty and fill with air once on dry land?

 

[garyh]

Getting ready to try my first "dry-run" with the good ole p-valve. I was checking out the new FE Arctics, and they are promoting they are "Pee-valve ready"... which either looks like a zip on the thighs, or maybe a the two small slits in front neat the waist band. I just picked up the old style (good Black Friday discounts) and there doesn't seem to be either. So, how am I supposed to route the hose?

I'm guessing it goes up through the waistband and loops back down? Does anyone happen to have a simple diagram for how it's supposed to work?

One pc suit or 2 pc?
If its a 2 pc just run it up and down through the waist band.
If a 1 pc figure out were u want the hose to run ie left side/right side and have a seamstress put a button hole were u want the hose to run.
No need for disconnects in my humble opion.

 

[flymolo]

I just pull mine out and hold it out in front of my chest so I can see what I am working with. Doesn't everybody do it that way?

i do the same thing except at shoulder height