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Hi Peter, >- As I said, my primary reason for using the integrated type is to prevent >freezing. I am completely aware of the 'patching of other problems' issue, >but I use the cylinder type to prevent a real problem from happening (reg. >freezing). I'm not saying that this is the _only_ way to do it and I have >contempleted going back to the original type buoy but the freezing issue >troubles me somewhat. How cold do the UK waters get? To the best of my >knowledge you are constantly 5-10 degrees over us? I've used mine in water as cold as 3 degrees C. >- "The week (sic) link in the chain is the diver": One can forget many >things. If one can forget to fill the buoy cylinder it should - >theoretically - be just as easy to forget filling your deco cylinders? I >know that this is ridiculous but do you see my point? And only thing must >be remembered: to fill the cylinder. The diver must remember to do a lot of >things before he/she is ready: get the equiment ready, cut tables, fill >cylinders, etc. True and it's because of the amount of things that you must remember, I prefer to keep it to a minimum. I only use the self-sealing bag now and I only need to remember to pick it up and put it in my pocket. >- If I can/must remember 100s of other things: the O2 analyser, analysing >my gas, my fins (not 'analysing my fins' :-), etc., ONE extra thing >probably won't make the whole system collapse. Some people have to remember >to bring a lot more stuff than I, so I think it's within my mental >capability to remember this. So did I until I was twice in the situation where I deployed it and nothing happened. Quite often you're going to fill it and you get distracted on the boat by someone or something else. Then you forget, clip it on and dive and don't realise until you're about to use it. I'm not saying that it's beyond anyone's mental capacity - it's just that it's too easy to get distracted and forget about it. >- I think that there is a difference between buoys and how you carry them. >I suppose you used the ADP? How did you carry it? Yes I had the ADP. I sometimes used my suit pocket, sometimes rear d ring. >- I used a regular DSMB for some time before getting this type. Yes, I can >do it with a regular type so I - alas (?) - do not fit in your "lack of >skill so get a cylinder DSMB" group. Glad to hear it. Like many skills, deploying an SMB properly needs to be practiced repeatedly. Having a self-filling SMB means you don't practice that skill until you really need to use it - that's not the time to discover that you can no longer do it properly. >- As I stated above, I am not totally opposing the non-cylinder type and >sometimes wonder whether I should switch back, so I am _not_ claiming _my_ >way necessarily is the best/only way. Convince me! How was that ? ;-) Best, John. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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