The forearm vent sounds like a standard wrist dump to me. Fairly standard kit, never seen an inflator like that though. Probably easy enough to change out to a modern one, a lot depends on the size of the hole underneath it. 1st step should be to have it pressure tested and find out how many holes the suit has.
Old Valve
I've been given a dry suit by a friend (he inherited it along with a few other bits) and he's asked me to see if it's worth anything.
I don't know how old it is but it has this inflator on it, which is not like one I've seen before. It also has some sort of dump valve/vent on the forearm (didn't get a pic of that but can take one) - it's circular, about 1.5 inches across and has a ring of holes.
Can anyone shed any light on
a. what sort of inflator it is ?
b. does anyone still use them (and thus is it worth anything) ?
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I don't know how old it is but it has this inflator on it, which is not like one I've seen before. It also has some sort of dump valve/vent on the forearm (didn't get a pic of that but can take one) - it's circular, about 1.5 inches across and has a ring of holes.
Can anyone shed any light on
a. what sort of inflator it is ?
b. does anyone still use them (and thus is it worth anything) ?
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The dump valve does sound like cuff dump:
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The inflator is a blowgun valve. Very useful if you are sending up a lot of stuff with lift bags, but to be honest not really worth having because if a hose blows you're going to struggle to get a replacement easily.
Just get a drysuit repair shop to swap the blowgun valve for a new inflator, shouldn't be too expensive, they can pressure test it for you before they do it so you won't waste a load of money on a suit that's riddled with holes.
Digs.
The inflator is a blowgun valve. Very useful if you are sending up a lot of stuff with lift bags, but to be honest not really worth having because if a hose blows you're going to struggle to get a replacement easily.
Just get a drysuit repair shop to swap the blowgun valve for a new inflator, shouldn't be too expensive, they can pressure test it for you before they do it so you won't waste a load of money on a suit that's riddled with holes.
Digs.
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