Wing Smells HORRIBLE

[Hank49]

Your logic is questionable, at best. If you're orally inflating it, then how does something come OUT of the BC and INTO your lungs? Second, how do you know there's anything growing inside of it?

Let's just take a look at the conditions:

- No sunlight
- No source of oxygen
- No source of food for something that might "grow."

I fail to see how mold or mildew could live there.

-Charles

Anaerobic bacteria. Hydrogen sulfide producing ones.

 

[charlesml3]

Anaerobic bacteria. Hydrogen sulfide producing ones.

Very well. Do you have any data supporting the theory that they are present and live inside a BC bladder?

-Charles

 

[Hank49]

Very well. Do you have any data supporting the theory that they are present and live inside a BC bladder?

-Charles

No, I don't. Do you have any data that supports the theory that they wouldn't live there?

 

[charlesml3]

No, I don't. Do you have any data that supports the theory that they wouldn't live there?

Nope, but science doesn't allow for that type of reasoning. That's why we demand proof of things like space aliens, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. By your reasoning, those things all exist because there is no evidence that they don't.

The point I'm trying to make here is there are several leaps of logic that aren't in evidence. The OP is worried about a scary lung infection from his stinky wing. He's assuming that the wing is stinky because it has some kind of fungus or mold in it. He's then assuming that he'd breathe it in during a surface manual inflation. It then goes on to conclude that there's a danger of some lung infection due to all of the above.

It's easy to get into these chains of "if --> then" and by the time you're done the conclusion has virtually nothing to do with your premise.

-Charles

 

[Jax]

Does anyone know if the OP un-stunk this silly wing, yet?

 

[PfcAJ]

Your logic is questionable, at best. If you're orally inflating it, then how does something come OUT of the BC and INTO your lungs? Second, how do you know there's anything growing inside of it?

Let's just take a look at the conditions:

- No sunlight
- No source of oxygen
- No source of food for something that might "grow."

I fail to see how mold or mildew could live there.

-Charles

I've seen stuff grow in camelbacks that were only filled with "fresh" water stored in a cool, dark place.

Direct sunlight isn't needed. Check out those nasty leftovers in your fridge. Neither is an abundance of oxygen (hence aerobic bacteria) and our definition of food is debatable. Life has a way of making it just about everywhere.

 

[txapacheguy]

I've seen stuff grow in camelbacks that were only filled with "fresh" water stored in a cool, dark place.

That makes me think... Camelbak sells tablets to clean that funk out of their products. This might be a decent option for the OP...

 

[Hank49]

Nope, but science doesn't allow for that type of reasoning. That's why we demand proof of things like space aliens, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. By your reasoning, those things all exist because there is no evidence that they don't.

The point I'm trying to make here is there are several leaps of logic that aren't in evidence. The OP is worried about a scary lung infection from his stinky wing. He's assuming that the wing is stinky because it has some kind of fungus or mold in it. He's then assuming that he'd breathe it in during a surface manual inflation. It then goes on to conclude that there's a danger of some lung infection due to all of the above.

It's easy to get into these chains of "if --> then" and by the time you're done the conclusion has virtually nothing to do with your premise.

-Charles

Go fill your BCD with sea water that has an algae bloom with about 2 million cells per ml. Let it sit for a couple weeks. Hit the deflator button and take a whiff.
I haven't done any conclusive research on it, but having worked with organically rich seawater for the last 33 years culturing marine organisms, my guess is it's gonna stink like hell. Dead organic matter, no O2, no cirlculation of water....= bad smell.

 

[charlesml3]

No guess about it. Of course it's going to stink. It stinks because there are millions of small living organisms in the seawater that have now died.

That said, "dead organisms that stink" != "Anaerobic bacteria. Hydrogen sulfide producing ones."

And "Bad smell from inside wing" != "Scary Lung Infection"

If anyone doesn't like the smell of the inside of their BC, then by all means do whatever makes you feel comfortable to get rid of it. When it goes into the FUD and "scary lung infection" rhetoric you're going to need some kind of data to support that.

-Charles

 

[damage]

What worked for me:

No more tears shampoo (one cap) fill the wing with water and the shampoo and let it for a day.
after I rinsed it and the smell was gone.

The listerine sounds like a good idea too.