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Perhaps this might be the place to ask what people think of the Halcyon ACB (Active Control Ballast) system? I don't know myself not having seen it outside of their catalogue. Thanks in advance Bill Johnston Paul Braunbehrens wrote: > I have a question about the DIR harness buckles. As I understand it, > the DIR method is to have a right hand release on the harness buckle, > this leaves the end free on the right side to slide the light on. > The stages go on the left. My problem is that when I dive a single > tank I need to use a weight belt. For safety reasons I don't want to > change the belt to a left hand release. Having the weight belt and > the harness both as a right hand release is a little confusing. I > sometimes adjust the harness in the water, by tightening the buckle a > bit more. If the weight belt and the harness release in the same > direction, there is a chance that I might grab the wrong one. Also, > if there is some kind of emergency and someone needs to release my > belt, it's likely that they would first release my harness buckle > (the assumption is that I'm passed out at this point). I could of > course switch over everything for rec. diving to avoid this problem, > but I like to keep my system as close to the same as possible between > rec and tech diving, so there is less room for error. > > If anyone has come up with a solution to this, I'd appreciate a > reply. Please don't flame me or insult me, my intent is not to > criticize a system, I'm just looking for info. > > Thanks. > > -- > 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'.
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