Dive Ops that Clean Your Gear

[legallybeth]

Do any of the dive ops clean your gear after diving?

[ReefHound]

Blue XT Sea used to, check with them.

[mrm777]

Seen too many ops rinse the regs in the same water barrel as they did the wetsuits..... ummmmmmmmm, think I'll just take care of it myself.

[CompuDude]

If an op wants to hose down my bc, go for it. My regs (and computer) are coming back with me, however, so I can wash them myself.

Ditto for my camera. Canister light depends on the circumstances.

[snagel]

I wouldn't recommend allowing anybody including dive ops to clean your gear. Definately, would not choose one op over another simply because they clean your gear.

Dip tanks are often full of salt and other crap. I would recommend taking the gear back to the hotel room and rinse it down in the shower.

Snagel

[Tekdivr]

Originally Posted by snagel

I wouldn't recommend allowing anybody including dive ops to clean your gear. Definately, would not choose one op over another simply because they clean your gear.

Dip tanks are often full of salt and other crap. I would recommend taking the gear back to the hotel room and rinse it down in the shower.

Snagel

The dip tanks fine initially, but fresh water is definitely needed. By mid-day the salt content of a dip tank is probably right up there with the ocean.

I don't really care for someone handling my gear. It's bad enough between tank changes and I always recheck everything before putting it back on.

[Sansho]

If an op wants to hose down my bc, go for it. My regs (and computer) are coming back with me, however, so I can wash them myself.

Ditto for my camera. Canister light depends on the circumstances.

+1 ...

[scubadiver888]

Forget the salt in the rinse tank...

A few years back someone did some research on how clean peoples equipment was. Initial assumption was the people who rinsed the gear in the rinse tanks had the cleaner equipment. At the end of the research they found the people who rinsed their gear at the shop had the most bacteria on the gear. Those rinse tanks can become breeding grounds for all kinds of nasty things.

I used to get sinus infections all the time during a dive vacation. Now, I always take my gear back home/hotel/etc. and rinse my gear using the shower and tub. Haven't had a sinus infection since.

[Okc_diver]

While I was in Coz the others I was diving with let the shop "clean" and store their gear for an additional charge. I kept mine took it to the room and washed it off in the shower then put it out on the balcony to dry usually overnight. I stopped by the shop and saw that they did the same thing there. The only difference is they did it instead of you.

Wasn't there something posted here about the rinse tanks?

[CompuDude]

Originally Posted by scubadiver888

Forget the salt in the rinse tank...

A few years back someone did some research on how clean peoples equipment was. Initial assumption was the people who rinsed the gear in the rinse tanks had the cleaner equipment. At the end of the research they found the people who rinsed their gear at the shop had the most bacteria on the gear. Those rinse tanks can become breeding grounds for all kinds of nasty things.

I used to get sinus infections all the time during a dive vacation. Now, I always take my gear back home/hotel/etc. and rinse my gear using the shower and tub. Haven't had a sinus infection since.

Ugh.

Like I said: If they want to "hose off" my gear... (other than my regs, which of course I take with me)

If they're using rinse tanks, fuggedaboudit. No touchee.