Yesterday I learned not to laugh when my wife somehow managed to hit herself in the face with a second stage on a long hose while gearing up.
Been there, done that...
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Yesterday I learned not to laugh when my wife somehow managed to hit herself in the face with a second stage on a long hose while gearing up.
Surprised you made that rookie mistake!Yesterday I learned not to laugh when my wife somehow managed to hit herself in the face with a second stage on a long hose while gearing up.
Really? They aren't exactly new. I think I bought my first one, then an Octo + back in 2003 or 2004. Most of the big Scuba regulator manufacturers have some form of octo/inflator.I had to look that one up... an 'octo' that leaks and causes 'inflation' problems... Didn't know there was such a thing where a secondary second stage and inflator were combined.
Reminds me of the time I ask a friend if his boots were waterproof. He said “Yeah, except for that hole at the top”.I've got a new drysuit! Yay, it's been a long saga but seems to have been resolved. Customer service: the problem's long forgotten but the resolution is remembered.
It was its maiden dive along with the custom heated undersuit. Have lots of dives booked from next weekend onwards as the season starts.
Had the usual faffing around with the suit, getting the drygloves sorted out and installing the Thermovalve for the heating battery wire. Quite a lot of distraction.
Finally got the suit on in a diving lake. Lovely. Fins on, sidemount kit donned (can't dive a rebreather solo there). Finally face down, dump the wing, dump the suit, descended down the ramp to 2m/6ft and... felt a load of water on my chest and stomach. Less than 30 seconds and it's leaking :-(
Quickly swam back and realised I'd forgotten the drysuit inflator hose. Maybe it was that thinks he.
Again, as soon as I was underwater the suit began to flood again.
Out. Damn it. Must be the ThermoValve...
Undersuit was soaked. Right down to my underpants; so a full change required.
Hung the suit up for drying and noticed 10cm/4" of the SiTech QuickNeck seal was poking out where the sealing ring had popped out. You know, the one they tell you to check before diving the suit! It was behind my neck, so immediately I was immersed, the water poured into the suit.
Easily fixed that using the SiTech tool.
Now need to try this out again!
Lessons learned:
- It's a new suit; check everything!
- Fixation on the wrong thing isn't great when there's a massive hole in the neck.
- Check the neck seal before donning.