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Hi Jim Sorry to hear about the wet leg. Your mistake was buying the EE p-valve, there are well made, trouble free, British balanced p-valves on the market from about 60 quid up. The only failure I've had with mine is when I didn't attach a tube properly - yuk, banished to the far end of the boat! The only maintenance I do is a rinse in warm soapy water (if I can remember). Just about the best sheath you can get is "Aquadry Clear Advantage" and I quote: "The completely clear silicone self adhering continence sheath". It's manufactured here in the UK by Seaton Healthcare Group plc under licence from Mentor Urology Inc which sounds American so maybe you can get them in the States. The address is Tubiton House, Oldham, OL1 3HS and the phone No. 0161 652 2222 Fax 9090. 30 sheaths will cost you 50 quid and takes about a week to deliver. Last time they sent me the wrong size i.e. XXL instead of "rampant bull" size. I phoned them and said there was no way I could squeeze into XXL. The very next morning the right size was delivered along with a Business Reply label to stick on the box that had to be returned. They obviously look after their customers. If you think you might pop across to the Shetlands sometime drop me a mail. Kevin Original Message ----- From: Jim Burke <monteach@gl*.co*.uk*> The recent thread on the subject inspired me to go out and get myself one. The mix diving we do here in NE Scotland doesn't have the run times of some of the tropical or warm cave stuff, our run times are typically 60 to 90 minutes, but most of our diving is RIB based (that's Rigid Hull Inflatable to those who haven't used them). This involves long trips out to the dive site with drysuit on so I can spend up to 4 or 5 hours a day with my drysuit on. Getting in and out of the suit for a P in a tossing boat is a pain in the arse, I also have to stop hydrating an hour or so before the dive to save accidents and can't hydrate on deco stops. A P-valve would make things a lot easier. The thread was on the EE so I got one of those. First try yesterday - absolute disaster, despite changing the catheter after the first failure. Three P's, all down the left leg. One very wet left leg. Any suggestions as to how I can rig the catheter and tube assembly so that it doesn't slide off on the way out to the dive site. No jokes about the size of the catheter, it fits perfectly, in fact it is a bit tight. Also, any suggestions as to where I can source the catheter's in the UK. I foolishly thought that they were reusable so I only got a few from EE. Cheers Jim -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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