we're all friends here... let's talk p valves and sensitive bits...

[BFRedrocks]

Getting my first drysuit with a pee-valve and I've been having trouble finding the correct size condom...

Should my "head" fit completely inside the condom tip so that no adhesive is touching it?

The size I got, once I start rolling, the adhesive part is still on my "head" and it makes removal quite uncomfortable..

Yeah, same here. I never can get the whole head inside the cath, so inevitably some glue gets on the head which makes it a bit more uncomfortable to take off. For me, by the end of my hot, after dive shower, the glue has relaxed and it comes off relatively easy.

 

[slimshady]

All good advice! One tip for DIY adhesive remover is to mix glycerine and rubbing alcohol in a small dropper bottle. 25/75 percent mix works well for me with 90 percent rubbing alcohol. Two dropper fulls works well and little mess. I've used some of the adhesive removers and they sometimes either don't work or leave a sticky residue.

Cleaning I use straight white vinegar, flush with water, then steramine flush.

 

[happy-diver]

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[Imla]

@stuartv For my 1st 50 dives I would always pull the skin back and try to insert the tip as far as I could. By the end of diving it would be just about falling off. I did this because everyone said put it on like a condom.

If you guys will accept some advice from a nurse... the condom catheters are NOT condoms...
So... The skin, pull/place it (or as much as you have) FORWARD. So, just the opposite of a condom.

 

[rob.mwpropane]

If you guys will accept some advice from a nurse... the condom catheters are NOT condoms...
So... The skin, pull/place it (or as much as you have) FORWARD. So, just the opposite of a condom.

100% agreed... my only experience (and not enough as I have 4 kids) was with "condoms". Now I try to get "forward" as much as possible.... great way to put it.

 

[BFRedrocks]

If you guys will accept some advice from a nurse... the condom catheters are NOT condoms...
So... The skin, pull/place it (or as much as you have) FORWARD. So, just the opposite of a condom.

Wait a darn tootin' second. So if we pull our "skin" forward and, please forgive the humor, tuck the head in like a scared turtle so we get all the glue area as low as possible (closest to our body) and only on the outer skin (none on the head), then when we "release the turtle," we should be fully inside the catheter with no glue on the head? I'm picturing this and it just might work. Thanks for the advice lmla!!

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

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[formernuke]

beware the hair.

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[Imla]

Wait a darn tootin' second. So if we pull our "skin" forward and, please forgive the humor, tuck the head in like a scared turtle so we get all the glue area as low as possible (closest to our body) and only on the outer skin (none on the head), then when we "release the turtle," we should be fully inside the catheter with no glue on the head? I'm picturing this and it just might work. Thanks for the advice lmla!!

Have fun! Don't run too fast to the bathroom to try...

 

[Boarderguy]

In prepping for my suit to ship in the next ~2 weeks I'm putting all my misc accessories I'll need. For the SiTech Trigon, which size quick disconnect do I need for the hose? I'm seeing them in 1/4, 5/16, & 3/8.