Pee valves

[pirate fred]

Please forgive my ignorance,
as i am getting older and some times wiser i am thinking of getting a pee valve fitted to my dry suit, How exactley do these work?
The bladder aint all it used to be. Flooding a suit from the inside is not an option.
Neither is rushing out of the water and out of the suit for a pee whilst people are still trying to get in the rib!!!!!

 

[TSandM]

Basically, you install a one-way valve in the suit, somewhere on the thigh. It has a long piece of tubing attached to it. You attach this tubing to a condom catheter (like a condom with a tube at the end of it). You can then urinate while diving, and the urine passes out the one-way valve.

Edited to add: If you want some really funny (but also educational) reading on the subject, register on the Deco Stop and check out THIS thread.

 

[pirate fred]

Most ammusing and very helpfull thanks...

 

[scubaswede]

Ohh, the hose goes outside the suit, that explains it

 

[pirate fred]

I thaught i was doing it wrong!

 

[Jay Cohen]

Great post