Pee valves for recreational diving

[Dryglove]

ew1usnr once bubbled...
Has anyone ever installed a pee-valve into a wet suit in order to avoid "the funky smell" issue? Farmer Johns can be a bit troublesome to get in and out of. A pee-valve could simplify things. What would be the DIR position on such an arrangement?

http://www.halcyon.net/exposure/discharge.shtml

 

[MechDiver]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...

I was going to ask him to give us a trip report... in a rented suit of course.

Sorry I would have liked to be in the shop when he returned the suit though :wacko:

MD

 

[kwesler]

that this is not making a p-valave sound like too big a deal-it ain't...

It is EASY to put on the cath (we'll have the cold days/hands discussion in a different thread)

It is EASY to hook it up to the suit, or decide not to for a short dive...

It is inexpensive and reliable,

As far as needing to go...my rule of thumb is that if I do not have to go, I am not drinking enough-HOWEVER, I am a caffeine drinker.

Ken

 

[ygthad]

Greg_Manko once bubbled...
Re: Pee valves - I'd rather have one and not need it, than need one and not have it!

I sure agree with that..

 

[grouchyturtle]

I finally got a dry suit and was just going to ask the same question.

You all answered it already. Need to install the valve. I have a little girlie bladder and always have to pee, unless I'm dehydrated.

Also as a few of you mentioned part of it I think is psycholgical. I play hockey and the same thing happens. As soon as I'm all geared up, I gotta go!

 

[kwesler]

friend put a p-valve in his wetsuit until the hysterial laughter every time he went diving made him remove it.

 

[Mo2vation]

grunzster once bubbled...
Also as a few of you mentioned part of it I think is psycholgical. I play hockey and the same thing happens. As soon as I'm all geared up, I gotta go!

Didn't I read someplace that Wayne just sort of, well, let it flow during gametime?

K

 

[kwesler]

don't skate on the yellow ice!

Ken

 

[grouchyturtle]

But is just the ritual, or do goalies get out the way, when you come flying down the ice with that yellow trail behind you?

 

[diverrick]

Hi UP, would you contact me with a private meassage, as I cannot send one with this MAC and the new SB look. Your old messages were deleted automaically after a length of time, so I don't have them any more
Thanks for everyones patience.