Poke a hole in your hood for venting??

[Jeremy Bouwman]

I always get air in my hood. I just squeeze it out with my hands when it gets uncomfortable. Not a big deal.

 

[dlndavid]

I got tired of being a conehead diver, so I poked holes too

 

[DandyDon]

Some hoods & beanies come with unseen air holes. Mine did not, so I used a skinnyg screw driver heated on the stover top to poke a few in each - allows for air to release.

Had nothing to do with this diver's problem.

 

[murrayp4]

Piercing a hole in the top of your hood alows air to vent from the top of the hood
Your husband's hood is too small

 

[eclipse785]

I always get air in my hood. I just squeeze it out with my hands when it gets uncomfortable. Not a big deal.

I never thought about poking a hole through my hood, and I always get "cone-head".
I squeeze it out just like Jeremy, several times throughout a dive. In fact, I've gotten so that I look forward to the point that I squeeze out the air, because as I run my hand from the back of my head to the front, the air has warmed up a bit and warms up my forehead as it rushes out.

 

[MSilvia]

I'd think that a tight fitting hood, if anything, would fit better at depth, as the air cells in the neoprene would contract and make it thinner. I agree with everyone else though... the tightness had nothing to do with the lack of a vent hole. It's just a bad combination of big head & small hood.

 

[pupdiver]

I'd think that a tight fitting hood, if anything, would fit better at depth, as the air cells in the neoprene would contract and make it thinner. I agree with everyone else though... the tightness had nothing to do with the lack of a vent hole. It's just a bad combination of big head & small hood.

I would agree with this. My hood feels a little less tight at depth due to the neoprene thinning. I don't imagine an air bubble in the hood would cause an increased choking sensation either because the trapped air would also compress the deeper you go.

It must be a small hood or, since it was choking, perhaps the neck of his wetsuit was too tight.

 

[muddiver]

Anybody think that maybe this guy was wearing a dry suit with a latex hood and no snoopy under it?

 

[trucker girl]

Piercing a hole in the top of your hood alows air to vent from the top of the hood.

Piercing a hole in your tongue is quite painful.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I get the cone head thing going on especially when I wear my beanie instead of my full hood. But that seems to make it looser, not tight. If there is any truth to that story, I imagine it was quite terrifying. I've gotten stuck in a hood out of the water (tried it on- too small). That was terrifying, too. Heck, I've gotten stuck in a wetsuit out of the water. I even got stuck in a t-shirt once. Don't tell anyone, though.

 

[DandyDon]

Piercing a hole in your tongue is quite painful.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

I get the cone head thing going on especially when I wear my beanie instead of my full hood. But that seems to make it looser, not tight. If there is any truth to that story, I imagine it was quite terrifying. I've gotten stuck in a hood out of the water (tried it on- too small). That was terrifying, too. Heck, I've gotten stuck in a wetsuit out of the water. I even got stuck in a t-shirt once. Don't tell anyone, though.

Uh pierce your benie, not your tongue. :silly: