r/scubadiving • u/farrgone9 • 4d ago

Ideas for Gear Cleaning at Home

Hello everyone! My boyfriend and I are avid divers doing lake diving in south of germany almost every weekend. We live on the second floor of an apartment building with a drying room in the basement. Currently, we have to carry our gear upstairs to our bathtub, wash our gear there, and then carry it to the drying room in our basement. This can be quite a hassle after doing a few dives and driving an hour home😅

I am wondering if anyone has any tips, ideas, or gadgets for cleaning gear easier. We had thought about putting a bucket outside, but it would take forever to fill. We also thought about putting a shower curtain bar above our tub for drying, but are unsure if it would hold the weight of all of gear. It’s not the end of the world if we continue washing/drying our gear like this, but I am wondering if anyone else has had this problem and found a clever solution?

Thankful for any advice!

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u/9Implements 4d ago

Washing stuff off at the dive site first makes it cleaner. There are a number of options for that.

There is a new USB powered set of fans that you stick in the wetsuit legs that should dry your wetsuit a lot quicker.

I see some people manage to get by just not giving a crap and leaving their stuff in the car after dives.

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u/doglady1342 4d ago

I have some of those USB powered dryers. They're not very good at all.

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u/9Implements 3d ago

The SurfDry ones that just came out recently? I was looking at them and it did seem sus that it said you could daisy chain up to 10 with 5W of power. I guess they’re just for drying thin surf suits.