Best Sub $30 purchase?
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My wife uses them and loves them. Gooderific!
GreggS
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Yes. Love them. Like I said, haven't had any ear problems since I started using them. If you get some, make sure you get the right size.
Chip Elliott
Connecticut Yankee
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It rolls up tight. It has three ways to inflate. I find it very easy to get it upright on the surface and it doesn't seem to collect water in the bladder like some open bottom SMBs that I have used in the past. And it holds the air. I liked it so much I bought a second for reserve and got Eric one at the same time. He tried it for the first time last week and wished he had gotten one sooner.
The description says that it has lead weights in it to hold it vertical? How much weight, and does that really help?
The lead weights at the bottom probably do little to hold it vertical. They are more useful to hold the edges slightly apart to allow air to enter the tube. I deploy at depth through the open bottom using a regulator so will slightly bend the lead to hold the bottom open. After use you can press the lead back flat when you are ready to roll it back up. To hold vertical at the surface I just have to apply slight downward pressure, much less effort then I have needed with others though.
I have not tried to inflate orally or with inflator hose but I like having those options.
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