Things they don't teach in SCUBA school

[tursiops]

I don't do anything special to rinse my gear, the wetsuit and regulator have been in the same water for the same dive, I am not going to kid myself into thinking that they need to be separated for rinsing....

Maybe you are missing the point, or else I'm missing yours. The wetsuit and the reg may have been equally dirty after the dive (if you haven't peed in the wetsuit, and I'm assuming you have not peed in your reg), but you want your reg as clean as possible after a dive (to avoid salt buildup and corrosion) whereas your wetsuit doesn't care much how clean it is (others might of course). So you want to rinse the reg first, in the cleanest possible water, then the wetsuit.

 

[Neilwood]

Maybe you are missing the point, or else I'm missing yours. The wetsuit and the reg may have been equally dirty after the dive (if you haven't peed in the wetsuit, and I'm assuming you have not peed in your reg), but you want your reg as clean as possible after a dive (to avoid salt buildup and corrosion) whereas your wetsuit doesn't care much how clean it is (others might of course). So you want to rinse the reg first, in the cleanest possible water, then the wetsuit.

I would tend to wash mine in order of how much dirt is likely from each:
1 - regs (will be very little to contaminate the rinsing water in normal use)
2 - computer/compass/knife/mask etc (should be virtually no contaminants)
3 - bcd ( could be quite a bit of trapped water etc)
4 - suit (probably would be better with 2 rinses one in the water above and a second to ensure a clean FW rinse)

 

[tursiops]

I would tend to wash mine in order of how much dirt is likely from each:
1 - regs (will be very little to contaminate the rinsing water in normal use)
2 - computer/compass/knife/mask etc (should be virtually no contaminants)
3 - bcd ( could be quite a bit of trapped water etc)
4 - suit (probably would be better with 2 rinses one in the water above and a second to ensure a clean FW rinse)

Interesting. Your sequence is designed on the basis of not wanting to contaminate the rinse water any worse that it already is, so your focus is on the rinse water. My sequence is based on how clean I want to get my piece of equipment, so my focus is on the equipment. At first glance, i would suppose the end result is the same, but actually it is not. If the water starts clean, I will always do my mask first (to avoid transferring infection), then my computers, then my regs, then my BCD, then my wetsuit is always last. If the water is not very clean, I won't even rinse my mask in it, and maybe not my computers or regs.

Some recent studies have pointed out that the communal mask rinse bucket is a cesspool. i avoid it completely.

 

[Hawkwood]

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Some recent studies have pointed out that the communal mask rinse bucket is a cesspool. i avoid it completely.

Yeah, mine stays out. If on a boat, there is a whole ocean to rinse it in.

 

[Neilwood]

Interesting. Your sequence is designed on the basis of not wanting to contaminate the rinse water any worse that it already is, so your focus is on the rinse water. My sequence is based on how clean I want to get my piece of equipment, so my focus is on the equipment. At first glance, i would suppose the end result is the same, but actually it is not. If the water starts clean, I will always do my mask first (to avoid transferring infection), then my computers, then my regs, then my BCD, then my wetsuit is always last. If the water is not very clean, I won't even rinse my mask in it, and maybe not my computers or regs.

Some recent studies have pointed out that the communal mask rinse bucket is a cesspool. i avoid it completely.

It is also on the basis of using my own bucket (at home). Not had the communal bucket scenario to deal with yet.

Going back a few posts though about the "pee in the wetsuit" people, I haven't felt the need although that might change if I ever try tech dives with doubles (not in my current sights). I can normally go a full day drinking normally (2-3 mugs of coffee, 2 cans of soda, 1-2 pints of water) without feeling the desperate urge to go so doing a sub 1hr dive doesn't present a great problem.

 

[Storker]

It is also on the basis of using my own bucket (at home). Not had the communal bucket scenario to deal with yet.

Going back a few posts though about the "pee in the wetsuit" people, I haven't felt the need although that might change if I ever try tech dives with doubles (not in my current sights). I can normally go a full day drinking normally (2-3 mugs of coffee, 2 cans of soda, 1-2 pints of water) without feeling the desperate urge to go so doing a sub 1hr dive doesn't present a great problem.

Ever heard of immersion diuresis? Some of us suffer from that. Topside, I'm very much like you. Under water, I usually have to get out after an hour or so to take a leak.

And since I hardly ever dive wet, doing it underwater is not an alternative...

 

[tursiops]

Going back a few posts though about the "pee in the wetsuit" people, I haven't felt the need although that might change if I ever try tech dives with doubles (not in my current sights). I can normally go a full day drinking normally (2-3 mugs of coffee, 2 cans of soda, 1-2 pints of water) without feeling the desperate urge to go so doing a sub 1hr dive doesn't present a great problem.

I used to be like that too. Then I got older.

 

[gopbroek]

So why do so many people brag about oral sex but are afraid of pee in a wetsuit?

 

[Neilwood]

Ever heard of immersion diuresis? Some of us suffer from that. Topside, I'm very much like you. Under water, I usually have to get out after an hour or so to take a leak.

And since I hardly ever dive wet, doing it underwater is not an alternative...

I used to be like that too. Then I got older.

Just trying to make the point that not everyone pees in a wetsuit.

As you say this might change as I get older though or dive for longer

 

[tursiops]

So why do so many people brag about oral sex but are afraid of pee in a wetsuit?

So you wouldn't mind the smell of my wetsuit if I'm sitting beside you on a long boat ride?