Sas
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Guess I'll have to learn to prime it. Don't want 10C water on my bits...
Pee Valve Balanced vs. Unbalanced
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piikki
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It's an expensive valve, would at least like to give it a shot.I have a si-tech valve on my current suit and find it a pain because it is so large. This one is tiny.
Which type is it? Do the hoses just connect to the puck on the suit with barb or so? In most cases the balancing is done/added by just swapping the hose and adding check valves to the hose part. The puck stays the same. You might anyway want to add new hoses to get a clean start, so you could just buy couple of check valves and make it balanced.
(And yes, it really is not a pleasant feeling to let cold water in/fill the She-P reservoir. It's way larger contact area than with guys. I don't recommend. I would then rather shoot something into the tubes on surface
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Sas
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Which type is it? Do the hoses just connect to the puck on the suit with barb or so? In most cases the balancing is done/added by just swapping the hose and adding check valves to the hose part. The puck stays the same. You might anyway want to add new hoses to get a clean start, so you could just buy couple of check valves and make it balanced.
(And yes, it really is not a pleasant feeling to let cold water in/fill the She-P reservoir. It's way larger contact area than with guys. I don't recommend. I would then rather shoot something into the tubes on surface
Yea that's a great idea actually! I didn't think of that as my current valve does the balancing in the actual valve part but I can just add new hoses with a check valve.
PfcAJ
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The tube filling with water is probably ok, but there is always going to be some air left. Air bubbles between you and the discharge opening of the tube (ocean-water in the tube-air bubble-water-you) is going to expand on ascent and can potentially force water into your urethra. Bad news bears. Even a little bit isn't a good thing.
P-valves are bacteria breeding grounds. They are damp, dark, and warm.
CamG
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Greetings all and I roll with a balanced valve for the bacteria reasons as well it's low profile nature. The Dive Rite valve is nicely compact and out of the way. I am not a SI Tech fan, my buddies have them and the profile of the valve and the size of hole you have to punch in your suit make me uncomfortable.
Just my opinion though and I am sure they work but I am sold on my low pro Dive Rite balanced valve.
There will be one on my new 7 mm Water Proof suit. Why? I dive where bacteria is rampant. Not 40 miles form my home a flesh eating bacteria has a man fighting for his life. I do not want anything that nasty around my "bits"! Thank you Sas for the polite words.
My advice to you " Sas" try one of the Dive Rite valves. They run about $140-$160 but are awesome in my experience.
CamG Keep diving....Keep training....Keep learning!
Just my opinion though and I am sure they work but I am sold on my low pro Dive Rite balanced valve.
There will be one on my new 7 mm Water Proof suit. Why? I dive where bacteria is rampant. Not 40 miles form my home a flesh eating bacteria has a man fighting for his life. I do not want anything that nasty around my "bits"! Thank you Sas for the polite words.
My advice to you " Sas" try one of the Dive Rite valves. They run about $140-$160 but are awesome in my experience.
CamG Keep diving....Keep training....Keep learning!
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