Do you recall his reasoning? I cannot imagine why. Certainly in my Halcyon the valve is a smile disk with a spring and a plastic gate. I cannot imagine why undoing it would be detrimental ? Perhaps he was referring to the inflator mechanism which for the untrained is a little more complex.
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I did find Tobins quote and it is listed below
Tobin from DSS: 'As I have repeatedly stated there is zero need to disassemble your wing to clean it. Doing so requires special tools and some experience with the fittings.
Rinse out the bladder with fresh water and blow as much of the water as practical. You will *never* get it all out and that's ok, there are millions of wings and bc's all over the planet with a bit of moisture in them."
As stated before, in my Halcyon, removing the valve is dead simple and you need neither special tools nor some experience. There are exactly two moving parts to the valve. I hear what he says about the moisture but for myself I tend to dive heavily during the summer and then nothing during the winter and so for those 4-6 months i would prefer a dry bladder - sounds sick - maybe not absolutely needed but easy to achieve and so why not.