Cylinder boot

Cylinder boot
The upper cylinder in this image has a cylinder boot.

A cylinder boot is a rubber or plastic cover for the bottom end of a diving cylinder. It is intended to make it easier to stand the cylinder on end on land, and to avoid the metal cylinder damaging tiles during initial training in swimming pools.

Some accuse that cylinder boots hold wet in, risking corrosion of the bottom end of the cylinder, and add to hydrodynamic drag when the diver swims.[1] See Doing It Right#"Doing It Wrongly".

References

  1. ^ (Dutch)http://www.frogkick.nl : click on "Non-DIR" and then on "Flesvoeten en flesnetjes"