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Thanks, drysuit cuff valves as purge valves for dry bags
"Michael Daly" wrote in message ble.rogers.com... On 14-Oct-2003, (Scott Bemis) wrote: This is an excellent suggestion. I will be getting these apek valves and installing them in homemade dry bags. Let us know what you think when you get them, please. I have some valves like those used on flotation bags and they are almost impossible to get. I received them as a result of a bulk purchase done on the QajaqUSA web forum. The manufacturer couldn't tell where to get them retail and only sold wholesale in lots of 1000. Big problem for us DIY types. Having thought a bit more about this now, I think that on OPV/dump valve (OPV=over pressure valve) for a scuba BCD (inflatable bouyancy vest) would do this job even better. This is a spring loaded valve with a little knob on a cord that you pull to open it. This way you only dump the amount of air that you want to, rather than the valve deciding how much air to dump. The other advantages are that they will be available from any dive shop, as they are used by every diver on their BCD. If you don't know what to ask for, ask for a "butt dump valve" and they'll know what it is. Probably $10 will get you one. HTH David M |
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