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From: <stuart.morrison@sw*.co*.uk*>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:23:36 +0000
To: dir@lo*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: RE: Lift bags
> Used a spool the other week on a dive where the primary jamed
> (not an EE :-(
> I deploy just before my first gas switch, which was 21m (50%)
> in this case=2E
> I ended up completing the gas switch, then took out my spool
> & backup bouy=2E

I don't like ascending without a visual reference, especially in UK vis  =20
and tides (plankton doesn't make a good reference point) so I like to be  =20
able to put up a line from the bottom=2E With a spool it just doesn't hold=20=
 =20
enough line to make it comfortably to the surface on anything 25m+ so I  =20
carry two primaries=2E It causes no extra hassle than one plus a spool and=20=
 =20
is probably more use on a wreck=2E The only reel I ever jammed was a Custom=
  =20
Divers which I lost the first time I used it, the worst on the market=2E

> Don't use Pisidons - so not a risk for me=2E

Or me, but there are plenty who do and it is something to be aware of=2E

Cheers,

S =20



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