DSMB colour

[WOODMAN]

In the midst of all this nonsense about what color to use, when (or if) to deploy it, how to inflate it, yada, yada..., There is one topic I have not seen addressed here, and that is testing the durn thing periodically. I have seen more than one diver who has a SMB clipped to their vest which has been hanging there for years and probably never used. Those things do age and get brittle, you know, and I once unrolled an old one of mine to test it, and found it had split right along the seam and was useless. The better ones are more reliable, but until you open them up and put air in them you just don't know how they are going to work when you need them. Attempting to deploy one of these on the surface is a particularly unfortunate time to find out that yours has split, don't you think? Just my humble opinion... Woody

 

[cvchief]

... things do age and get brittle, you know, and I once unrolled an old one of mine to test it, ....

TMI

Speak for yourself!

 

[mstevens]

people who should have known better in the shop.

I love this.

Rhinestones are the solution to just about everything.

But this is probably the best line in the thread.

 

[Skittl1321]

But this is probably the best line in the thread.

I'll try to remember it for the next time we have a steel tanks thread.

If you want your SMB to stand out though- I'm telling you, that's the way to do it. (Except in the Florida Keys, where apparently they are all blinged out.)

 

[mstevens]

My wife wears a rhinestone tiara while diving. It started out as a bit of a joke, but when Poseidon claimed the original one, she immediately got a replacement.

 

[Ron Lee]

My wife wears a rhinestone tiara while diving.

I wear knee-high black socks.