Remember that hassle we used to have with slingshots where, on a hot day, the nipple would come off the bladder?
I thought it had been fixed, years ago, but it hasn?t. I am in Oman, where it has been over 40?s for a few days, and after kiting for half an hour, the nipple on a hardly used Reo came loose in a few seconds, and I had a delightful swim in.
Question to all the chemical heads: - Because they have been subjected to heat, can I expect this to happen on the rest of the nipples on my other REO?s ?i.e., should I replace all the nipples on all the kites? Or might it have been a once off?

A bit of ice on those hot nipples will do the trick,,,oh,,,,,,wait,,wrong web site.

Kazan said..

Always carry a repair kit with you including cable ties.

So you can cable tie a nipple back onto a bladder???? Really??

More Seabreeze gold!

Read his post again FFS

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"on a hot day, the nipple would come off the bladder? I thought it had been fixed, years ago, but it hasn?t, and after kiting for half an hour, the nipple on a hardly used Reo came loose in a few seconds, and I had a delightful swim in.""

??????????

Subculture said..

beefarmer said..

Actually his post isn't 100% clear, I'm not sure if he's talking about the valve nipple popping out (which could be fixed with a cable tie), or the valve peeling off the bladder completely. Perhaps you'd like to take take the time to read it again subculture?

If you don't understand the content of the original post, I'm not going to waste my time explaining it to you.

BTW, better to proof read your post before you try to be a smart ass next time.

"Perhaps you'd like to take take the time"

Hey subhead! As per the above post, it was not clear. Hence my reply.

Now go and get lofted knob

I love hot loose nipples...

Thanks guys - I will try the new bladder way. I'm on a job probation In Oman and staying in a hotel room for 4 months, which isn't conducive to doing kite repairs.

Kazan said..

Always carry a repair kit with you including cable ties.

Actually you never said you could ,fix it with a cable ties, just to carry them with your repair kit.....just saying...