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Trey,

In all honesty, I really don't blame Oceanic for not making either of 
them...   Business is business, and if there's no market, there's no 
product.  I personally probably wouldn't have bought a pair even if they 
were available because it's so damn easy to make a serviceable pair out of 
spring, a couple feet of cave line and a chunk of rubber hose.  In fact, 
that's exactly what I did about a year ago when I finally got sick of duct 
taping the floppy end of the rubber strap.


~Sluys


At 01:07 AM 03/27/2000, Trey wrote:
>Once, again, the spring is all you need - that is all there was on the
>Farallon fin - the rubber parts are Oceanic's doing.
>
>And, you can not blame Oceanic for not making that or the backup lights
>that Barry Miler now makes - the problem , as can be seen from this list
>and even more so from the "cavers" list, is that the nickelrocket
>strokes in "tec" diving will spend thousands on a worthless dive
>computer, bondage wings, and a tranformer pack, and NOTHING on good
>gear, so nobody tries to make good gear but those who have the exact
>market.
>
>The fact is that I was able to buy the entire inventory of X-large
>spring straps form Oceanic several yars ago and gave them all to my
>friends, outfitted my three pairs of Jets, and saved a few as spares.
>
>Go buy the springs at the hardware store, that is all you need.

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