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Show me a photo! At 12:58 PM 8/15/00 +1000, you wrote: >I use either of the English Buddy or Aquatec (http://www.aquatec.co.uk/) >Delayed Surface Marker Bouys (DSMB)they each have a closed valve on >inflation - effectively the expanded air closes of the bottom of the >opening. They can each be easily filled from exhaust from a reg or direct >from the second stage. They have overinflation valves and provide about 35 >lbs of lift - enough to eaily support a diver doing deco. They can be easily >stowed on the rear crotchstrap D ring with a reel. > >Regards >Steve Bliim >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*] >Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 13:55 >To: ScottBonis@ao*.co*; CHKBOONE@ao*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: Re: Lift bags > > >ScottBonis@ao*.co* wrote: > >> >>I only dive in warm water and simply take my primary (long hose) out of my >>mouth and stick it in the bottom of the bag > > >I see. The OMS appears to be a design that allows filling it from a >variety of sources. The Halcyon design requires a LP inflator hose. >I must say, that after trying this in the ocean and making a huge >mess of the process, I'm less than enthusiastic about this design. >Unless you have a third LP hose, you need to either use the one on >your drysuit or the one from your wings. The one from the wings is >the better one to use, since you can still use the drysuit for >bouyancy if needed and you won't get squeezed by an inability to add >air to your suit. The nightmare scenario is that you use your >drysuit inflator, sink down, get squeezed, can't get enough mobility >to replace the connector....not a good situation. Remember that this >is towards the end of your dive and you don't have a lot of air in >your suit at this point, if you're properly weighted and diving a >single tank. > >The problem with using the wings inflator hose is that it isn't all >that easy to unclip, nor to replace. Sure, it's doable, but it's a >heck of a lot more task loading than popping a regulator back in your >mouth. Also, I seem to not have enough hands to deal with a spool, a >bag, keeping everything straight and two more hands to replace the >wings inflator hose. > >If anyone has a good method for doing this (or has decided that the >Halcyon bag sucks dogbreath), I'd like to hear about it. > >Cheers. >-- >Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co* >http://www.daw-mac.com Mailing list for digital audio on the mac >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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