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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 18:26:52 -0500
From: Jeff Bentley <jeffbentley@mi*.co*>
To: vpg@li*.ne*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Bondage wings truth or fiction????????
Bondage stroke wings will be history like the salad shooter.
Think it out vs falling for hype.

Do what makes sense after you think about it.

Who gives a crap who advocates the idea?

Jeff

vpg wrote:

> Hello everyone again,
>
> Well thankyou all for your comments, its been very interesting to say the
> least.
>
> I seriously doubt if I would go for OMS bungee wings due to the seeds of
> doubt sewn but I must admit Im not TOTALLY convinced of all the arguments.
>
> 1.   I question how often any BC suffers a major puncture that even with
> bungee cords would lead to total loss of buoyancy in the dramatic way
> portrayed.
>
> 2.   If you go by the system advocated and believe that a second or dual
> bladder is not needed because your drysuit is your backup, then rather than
> lie helpless on the ocean floor with stuporwings, you could utilise your
> backup ie, the drysuit. In that respect your contradicting yourself with
> those arguments.
>
> 3.    If the other argument is considered ie, the bungees create air pockets
> preventing proper expellation of air then we would not get this total
> dramatic loss of buoyancy?
>
> I also feel you let yourself down as a group by being so agressive and
> insulting. If you believe it is worth promoting your system ( you must or
> you would not waste time arguing on here ) then you should sell it to people
> who are genuinly interested, insults and arrogance only get in the way of
> the message. This approach that you have doesnt make you look smart or
> clever but gives the impression as though your just a bunch of loony
> extremists, which is a shame because questioning systems and products can
> only lead to safer diving.
>
> I believe much if not all of your ideas and points of view are sound
> principles, Ive learnt a lot from you and would thank you for that.
>
> Thanks again.
>
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