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After shaking my head when first seeing this at my LDS, I was told that it has to be manually triggered-which suggests that it would not inflate by itself.
It is VERY interesting that yours did inflate by itself. Not a good thing. I'm happy for you that you didn't become a Saturn rockets imitator!
I'm not sure what this piece of equipment is supposed to do. A surface marker buoy would do the same thing in addition to allowing you to alert the boat from depth. It's really not wide (thick) enought to draw someone's attention.
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I am not sure the purpose of the device is fully understood here. The SOS is a safety sausage that is integrated in the BC, so that a diver in need of assistance from the boat in open water can keep his hands free. The alternative is a manual sausage which requires (depending on the type) the use of one or sometimes 2 hands. It is not a marker buoy.
How much air it uses is not relevant, since you're ending your dive anyway.
The SOS must be deployed manually and I don't see how it could deploy automatically UW. Unless...the diver tries to dump air using the manual valve and accidentally pulls the wrong cord/ring.
IMO opinion it could be worthwhile if you do a lot of open water boat diving in wavy conditions, but I think that for most people a manual sausage would suffice.
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How much air it uses is not relevant, since you're ending your dive anyway.
The SOS must be deployed manually and I don't see how it could deploy automatically UW. Unless...the diver tries to dump air using the manual valve and accidentally pulls the wrong cord/ring.
IMO opinion it could be worthwhile if you do a lot of open water boat diving in wavy conditions, but I think that for most people a manual sausage would suffice.
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ScubaRon once bubbled...
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The SOS must be deployed manually and I don't see how it could deploy automatically UW. Unless...the diver tries to dump air using the manual valve and accidentally pulls the wrong cord/ring.
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Bingo. I think we've found the problem.
New divers. No practice using this thing. Goes to dump air and winds up smiling at the sun.
It's actually connected to the rear pull dump and it rolls into a little ball with a t-hook at the end that a piece of bungee loops over which is attached to a "rip cord"
The bungee can un-attach itself from the t shaped hook quite easily.
And no it doesn't shoot you to the surface unless you happen to have 200 pounds of weight on and your BC chock full of air.
Even at the surface it require you inflate the BC to venting before it stands up straight. Maybe it needs some viagra. Like I said at depth it just ends up being flopping and annoying.
Like I already said. Dumb idea. It also is no longer on my BC.
The bungee can un-attach itself from the t shaped hook quite easily.
And no it doesn't shoot you to the surface unless you happen to have 200 pounds of weight on and your BC chock full of air.
Even at the surface it require you inflate the BC to venting before it stands up straight. Maybe it needs some viagra. Like I said at depth it just ends up being flopping and annoying.
Like I already said. Dumb idea. It also is no longer on my BC.
scuba-sass
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A "safety sausage" that keeps your hands free seems like a good idea. I just think this one needs some work.
In addition to what everyone else has said, what about those of us who like to kick back and lie flat on our backs while we wait for our oh-so-reliable boat capatain to pick us up, after he has taken the time to retrieve less comfortable divers?
Scuba-sass
In addition to what everyone else has said, what about those of us who like to kick back and lie flat on our backs while we wait for our oh-so-reliable boat capatain to pick us up, after he has taken the time to retrieve less comfortable divers?
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