Pool Chlorine and dive gear!

[DiverQueen]

Pool sessions are an important training tool, but do we really know how much the chlorine is damaging our dive gear?

I oopsed a fin strap into the filter system of our local pool...A week and two days later...Pool staff finally located it.  In comparison to the fin strap that only was in the pool on two other occasions, the one that spent a week in the system is dark gray in color and has a gritty texture to it.  Has it been weakened to it's breaking point?  Don't know but I'm now adding "Spring Straps" to my shopping list!  I wouldn't want to have it break in the middle of a dive at 60 ft. in Wazee!  I enjoyed being there too much to bring an equipment malfunction upon myself when I could avoid it!