Pee valves?

[it_mike]

:anonymous2: Just can't help myself

Make sure you shave well! Removal may otherwise be painful!

 

[Web Monkey]

Ditto here. I feel better having someone like Suprerior cutting holes and taking responsibility for them not leaking. The only thing I haven't done yet is trim the length of the tube, so it doesn't coil and kink the catheter tip.

I've been playing with my hose for a while and have found a number of things about kinking

While a large hose allows for a high flow rate, it tends to kink the catheter tip or the hose.

What I've finally discovered, is that tubing that has an OD that's a hair larger than the ID of the end of the catheter never kinks (the hose or the catheter). It's a small enough diameter that it just bends when necessary. (edit: "larger" means that it still fits in to the end of the catheter, but with a tiny bit of stretching)

While the flow rate is reduced because the ID of the small hose is obviously larger than the Id of the large hose, this doesn't seem to be a real issue.

This also eliminates a "failure point" that my previous plumbing arrangements had, since there's no more hose<->catheter fitting.

The pee valve lets me stay very well hydrated, which helps with both DCS and simply feeling better after diving. I'd recommend it to anybody with a drysuit.

Terry