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> Jason said.... > > > >..even those dinky little diverite jobs, is a hell of a bundle of trouble > >to lug around. > > > Primary reel carried for delayed SMB, distance line etc. Secondary smaller reel > which can easily fit into a pocket or be attached to your BCD somewhere out of > the way for wreck penetration, extending primary reel if used as a distance line > on the bottom, back up to your primary if for some reason you lose it. > Ok, but I'd only carry the primary reel if I *knew* I needed a bottom line, penetration line, survey line, whatever. Given the way I deploy those lines, I don't need a back-up; if the original is lost or fails, it won't occur in a position I can't get home from. Admittedly, the only times I've needed more than 42m of line (what happens to be on my reel) I've had a 100m wrapped as a spool for transit line laying. Personally I have a very healthy terror of line underwater, and if I need *any* (including the normal reel) the dive is planned with that as a major component. If I needed two reels of line, I'd have a whole new game to play, and I'd have rewritten the rules *for that dive*. My DRSMB wraps up about 2" dia.x 6"long and sits under my knife straps on my thigh on any dive with more than 20m of water or needing stops. > Redundancy is as far as you want to take it. Carrying a small second reel is > minor compared to some of the kit you see people taking in. > Unfortunately very true. I get slagged for wanting a pony, DRSMB, surface flag and often a penetration reel. The guys I'm diving with are snorting at 'Hogarth' for being a bit of a late call (wrt the principle of simplicity and neccessity. All I can say is, I've needed and used everything I take. I don't need twin reels as routine. > Mike > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. Cheers, Jason
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