Part 2 - Advanced DSMB Deployment Techniques

[ginti]

Woe unto thee who has a "crack bottle" inadvertently deploy their SMB.

You're right, finally a disadvantage of that thing... It was too perfect to be real

 

[BlueTrin]

Link to the older discussion about this crack

Crack bottles and such....wtf?

Mentioned before: Kent Tooling CO2 Surface Marker Buoys from Kent Tooling Diving Products When ordering cartridges you need to be sure to get the right size. Common are 12g and 16g (as can be seen in the link as well)

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[Celt]

I wouldn’t touch any kind of a lift device using a fixed gas source with a barge pole. Photo of my small lift bag.

 

[sea_ledford]

You're right, finally a disadvantage of that thing... It was too perfect to be real

They are also huge when rolled up. I have one that I won at an auction, it's about the size of a football (as in oblong weird shaped American football, not those round ones everyone else has).

I have also dove with the ginormous 10 foot OMS ones. Both are too big when stored to be practical for my use.

 

[Celt]

Woe unto thee who has a "crack bottle" inadvertently deploy their SMB.

Seen a very experienced diver get tangled deploying a lift bag, he was gone 60 feet when he cut clear, and no one could follow him.

 

[PfcAJ]

Seen a very experienced diver get tangled deploying a lift bag, he was gone 60 feet when he cut clear, and no one could follow him.

Generally, my hand is covering my knife while my buddy is deploying the SMB. Ready 2 Cut

 

[BlueTrin]

Generally, my hand is covering my knife while my buddy is deploying the SMB. Ready 2 Cut

Looks a bit suspicious from the buddy perspective

 

[O-ring]

Looks a bit suspicious from the buddy perspective

That's because the real reason is to facilitate a quick stabbing if his buddy pulls out a crack bottle or any other mini-bottled bozonity.

 

[Wibble]

The whole thing with SMB deployment is getting your act together. Tidy the lines up, hold everything in place and look upwards before you inflate.

IF you screw up and tangle the SMB line on the reel handle, just let go. The skipper will retrieve it (they'll notice it's dead with nothing moving below). Then deploy your BACKUP SMB and don't screw up again.

 

[Alaskan Scuba Dude]

This video is part 2 in a 2 part series on DSMBs. Please subscribe if you find this information educational.

Improper technique on how to deploy SMB. Never pull out regulator unnecessarily.