laserdoc
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What do most people use to get their buddies attention. Thinking about a scuba alert...quack,quack
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Jay_SMART_Diver
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I have been using the Dive Alert Mini-hammerhead. Works great, durable construction, love it.
laserdoc:
Do you want to have your mask torn off and your regulator hose cut? Those things are horrible! Do as grazie42 does - voice, light or soft touch.
DiveTeacher
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The scuba alert is the single most annoying thing underwater, not to mention that it scares every living thing within a 500m radius away from the quacker, and therefore their fellow divers. It's really supposed to be a surface signaler - please leave it at that if you MUST HAVE the annoying thing, and please stop quacking underwater if you do have it: your fellow divers will appreciate it, and most of us already saw whatever it is you're quacking about anyway (ha). Lights, hand signals, a touch, a "hey you" - all that stuff works. You really shouldn't be that far away from your buddy that you need extraordinary means to signal or alert them...
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laserdoc
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Walter:
Walter,
I understand the light at night,,,but not during the day. What do you do if your buddy is not at arms reach?? Swim fast to catch up and grab a fin and then go back to show them what you found??
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I made some noise makers. But they don't make noise any more as they reside in my scuba junk bin. They really are unplaesant.
Light, touch and handsignals do the trick. If they are not enough, then you and your buddy are not as attentive as good buddies should be.
Light, touch and handsignals do the trick. If they are not enough, then you and your buddy are not as attentive as good buddies should be.
laserdoc:
Call his name. If he can't hear you, he's too far away.
Irritating everyone within a half mile is not the answer. Those duck calls should be illegal.
We use these
They seem to be effective, and we are not constantly shaking them. They don't have a 1/2 mile range, so you won't bother "everyone else" on your dive.
They seem to be effective, and we are not constantly shaking them. They don't have a 1/2 mile range, so you won't bother "everyone else" on your dive.
My buddy and I rely on three methods:
1. We are close enough that saying each others name is often good enough.
2. We check on each other often enough that you can stop over something and wait for the next eye contact. We swim slowly enough that even if it takes 30 secs, it is not that much distance.
3. Snap bolt or knife butt on the tank.
The "powered" noise makers should be outlawed. My belief is that if you need something that noticeable, then you are not paying enough attention to your buddy.
1. We are close enough that saying each others name is often good enough.
2. We check on each other often enough that you can stop over something and wait for the next eye contact. We swim slowly enough that even if it takes 30 secs, it is not that much distance.
3. Snap bolt or knife butt on the tank.
The "powered" noise makers should be outlawed. My belief is that if you need something that noticeable, then you are not paying enough attention to your buddy.
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