OK, I bought the safety sausage
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Congratulations to joining other divers from all over the world, with brains! Really, nice move. I did not get the message till too far down the road. The type of diving I do, I would not consider going without one, ever. Bet you will develop a real sense of security from having it.
here is a pic of a friend hanging out waiting for the boat and his 3 minutes to pass, looking comfortable. Sometimes, I use mine even at 50 ft or so on my slow ascent from a drift so that the captain knows where I am when the surface is big.
here is a pic of a friend hanging out waiting for the boat and his 3 minutes to pass, looking comfortable. Sometimes, I use mine even at 50 ft or so on my slow ascent from a drift so that the captain knows where I am when the surface is big.
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but I have a sausage that only has a push-button oral inflator:
http://scubatoys.com/store/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=Seeme_signal
Is it possible to "shoot" this from a safety stop? If so, how? I'd think it would take multiple breaths to get the thing going...
http://scubatoys.com/store/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=Seeme_signal
Is it possible to "shoot" this from a safety stop? If so, how? I'd think it would take multiple breaths to get the thing going...
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right. no you won't be shooting it. But inflate at 15 ft on your stop. At this depth, you will get good at playing with your oral airway control (switching back and forth with your reg to inflator.) Do this with your buddy there. Once you get good at this, you can proceed as comfortable. Don't get tangled in the line, don't get dragged from depth. Start on the surface and proceed from there. (just my opinion)
It will take a couple or a few.... just remember the volume expands a lot as it floats upward. I personally only carry one but it is a high quality "H" one!
eventually, you might like a finger spool when you add cave line.
It will take a couple or a few.... just remember the volume expands a lot as it floats upward. I personally only carry one but it is a high quality "H" one!
eventually, you might like a finger spool when you add cave line.
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pacificgal
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Having about 30 dives under my belt, I don't know that I feel real comfortable taking a spool with me yet. I was under the impression that the SS was just something I held onto in my hand and waved. I've heard people use spools to attach themselves to a wreck, and before I have a spool I am going to want shears 
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pacificgal:Having about 30 dives under my belt, I don't know that I feel real comfortable taking a spool with me yet. I was under the impression that the SS was just something I held onto in my hand and waved. I've heard people use spools to attach themselves to a wreck, and before I have a spool I am going to want shears
Just when you thought you had all the gear you needed....
Finger spools are not very expensive and especially if you are an Ocean diver it is important to have a sausage but you can always just use a line with a clip. The wreck spools are sometimes quite elaborate and expensive.
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that is good. In my post above, I explained you can start on the surface using it like you describe, and if your dive needs evolve, then get a spool and an inflater type etc. Sounds like you just want one for your pocket for an emergency...that's fine and then grow into the other uses.
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pacificgal:
Never think that for one second!
I don't think you need a reel/spool right off the bat. Having a sausage is good preparedness for if something goes wrong so you can signal from the surface (blow it up and wave it as you said).
If you are surfacing in areas with boat traffic or doing live boat drift diving, etc, then shooting it from depth becomes more important.
If you want to get a finger spool to carry with you and practice with, they can be had fairly cheaply. Here's one place:
http://www.deepseasupply.com/page20.html
In any event, even if you don't start shooting SMBs from 50 feet or lifting anchors off the bottom, buying and carrying a safety sausage was a good move. If you have one you'll never need it, hopefully.
Cheers
So, not being a tech diver, I have this question: Where am I supposed to put such a spool? I safety sausage clips to my D-Rings, and I suppose this could, too, but I though the idea was to have as little dangle off you as possible? A bp/w config offers little in the way of pockets, so what's the proper way to deal with all this stuff?Humuhumunukunukuapua'a:Never think that for one second!
I don't think you need a reel/spool right off the bat. Having a sausage is good preparedness for if something goes wrong so you can signal from the surface (blow it up and wave it as you said).
If you are surfacing in areas with boat traffic or doing live boat drift diving, etc, then shooting it from depth becomes more important.
If you want to get a finger spool to carry with you and practice with, they can be had fairly cheaply. Here's one place:
http://www.deepseasupply.com/page20.html
In any event, even if you don't start shooting SMBs from 50 feet or lifting anchors off the bottom, buying and carrying a safety sausage was a good move. If you have one you'll never need it, hopefully.
Cheers
I use the "See Me Safety Signal" sold by Scubatoys.Its 6 ft and bright orange and yellow on each side.I have two bungy loop on my backplate that I use to secure the sausage.A very popular sausage used by many divemasters in Coz and the Carribean.I always use this in open water to "hang" during the safety stop.I added a 18 feet bright yellow caveline to the white line,so I know i am ready for safety when i reel in the yellow line.Then i just clip the the reel onto my shoulder D-ring and just enjoy the safety stop hands free.I practice the inflation and shooting with the finger spool in twenty feet of water in a quarry here to perfect the drill .Just make sure you don't let too much of the caveline loose and floating too near your gears before you release the sausage..or else you'll be drag up along with it!Happen to me once during practice!The other skill is to be very comfortable in removing your reg from your mouth to inflate the sausage.I keep my spool rig to the sausage,so i remove one extra step to take during deployment.Some people i see separate their sausage from their spool clipping them in separate D-rings.My way seems to work fine for me so far.
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