Question Why don’t drysuits have calf/ankle dump valves?

[MacDuyver]

I’m looking at drysuits, it seems like it would help with inversion(?)

Not a question of concern, more just curiosity

 

[jborg]

That's easy enough to prevent (or handle) anyway, and any extra valve on the suit is something more to leak and be annoying.

 

[happy-diver]

https://www.apollomilitary.com/products/bcs-bio-comfort-shell-drysuit-with-foot-valves

Apollo Drysuits

Has anyone used Apollo Drysuits before? It looks like there were some old posts about them but I thought I could get a current review of their suits. If you have one, how do you like the foot valves? Thanks.

scubaboard.com

Floaty feet. Dry suit boot inversion.

So I've had about 3 floaty boot incidents in last 2 years. After first incident I bought ankle weights, second time I put it down to bad drills, but third time means action! So I need to do something about it after last incident at a safety stop had me looking silly doing some inverted...

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[rob.mwpropane]

I’m looking at drysuits, it seems like it would help with inversion(?)

In the grand scheme of things you don't need it. Get a M2M drysuit that actually fits and add just enough air to prevent squeeze. An ankle vent would be a gear solution for a skills problem.

Good luck with your new drysuit.. opens up a whole new world of diving!

 

[MacDuyver]

I am still deciding on which one. Water gets chilly in Oki for the next couple months so it’s a good time to learn. I’d rather figure out deysuit on a nice subtropical island rather than figure it out when I get back to the inky waters of the Puget Sound

 

[BoltSnap]

I am still deciding on which one. Water gets chilly in Oki for the next couple months so it’s a good time to learn. I’d rather figure out deysuit on a nice subtropical island rather than figure it out when I get back to the inky waters of the Puget Sound

How's diving in Oki? Is there a better time of the year to dive there or is it all the same please?

 

[Pedro Burrito]

I used to dive in Japan and almost every Japanese dry suit diver I saw had ankle valves. I had never seen ankle valves before.

 

[BlueTrin]

I used to dive in Japan and almost every Japanese dry suit diver I saw had ankle valves. I had never seen ankle valves before.

Is that a valve you set with a bit of resistance so it does not auto dump but dumps only if you end up inverted?

Do you have one on each leg?

 

[BlueTrin]

I don’t see one in this video

 

[Pedro Burrito]

Is that a valve you set with a bit of resistance so it does not auto dump but dumps only if you end up inverted?

Do you have one on each leg?

I didn’t dive with ankle valves. They looked smaller than the shoulder dump valve and they could be opened and closed like shoulder valves.