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Anyone want to buy a DR sleeve?
SMB to fit in Dive rite quick draw sleeve?
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Out of curiosity, why would you need to restow it underwater? Generally you take it out to send it up, and then restow on the surface. I suppose if I needed to abort deploying it once started, I could always just stick it in my pocket.lishen:
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I'm honestly curious: What is the purpose of this thing? (I mean, other than being another widget that dive shops can make money on...) Why is simply clipping the SMB to a D-ring not good enough? Clipped to a D-ring, it's ready for rapid deployment, it's easily rolled up and re-attached and ready for the next dive... What's up with these "quick-draw" pockets?
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If you do, take some measurements (inside and out). If your's fits, it might verify the statement that the sleeve used to be bigger.
Fish_Whisperer:I'm honestly curious: What is the purpose of this thing? (I mean, other than being another widget that dive shops can make money on...) Why is simply clipping the SMB to a D-ring not good enough? Clipped to a D-ring, it's ready for rapid deployment, it's easily rolled up and re-attached and ready for the next dive... What's up with these "quick-draw" pockets?
its purpose is just like the bungee's, which is to move it up to a space against the BC, out of the way. Some divers just don't want a SMB to "dangle" from a D-ring on a clip. It's just to remove stuff from dangling which might get caught on something. Overall it's personal preference, so if you prefer to clip to your D-ring then that's ok also....
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I see... I can see how this would especially be useful for wreck diving, but in that case, I'd just put it in my pocket...
Actually, it has a genuine benefit as well: It prevents wear on the SMB from rubbing, since it entirely covers it. Any wear would hit the sleeve, and not the SMB, potentially saving the bag from holes. Since I leave mine on my plate at all times, wear was a concern for me, and I found the DR sleeve addressed the issue nicely, as well as giving and overall neater appearance.Fish_Whisperer:I'm honestly curious: What is the purpose of this thing? (I mean, other than being another widget that dive shops can make money on...) Why is simply clipping the SMB to a D-ring not good enough? Clipped to a D-ring, it's ready for rapid deployment, it's easily rolled up and re-attached and ready for the next dive... What's up with these "quick-draw" pockets?
Fish_Whisperer:I'm honestly curious: What is the purpose of this thing? (I mean, other than being another widget that dive shops can make money on...) Why is simply clipping the SMB to a D-ring not good enough? Clipped to a D-ring, it's ready for rapid deployment, it's easily rolled up and re-attached and ready for the next dive... What's up with these "quick-draw" pockets?
I think the sleeves are really handy. I like them better than bungied loops and I damn sure wouldn't want anything 8" long 3" thick flopping around my chest (as on a D-ring).
As for restowing, the hardest part is not putting it back in the sleeve, but getting gas and water out.
And if a dive shop can make money on something someone wants to buy, I say salute. That is why they are in buisness, and if they go out of buisiness..........(pleas see another thread)
You know, now that I re-read your post, I wonder if you aren't thinking about a different product than we are.Fish_Whisperer:I'm honestly curious: What is the purpose of this thing? (I mean, other than being another widget that dive shops can make money on...) Why is simply clipping the SMB to a D-ring not good enough? Clipped to a D-ring, it's ready for rapid deployment, it's easily rolled up and re-attached and ready for the next dive... What's up with these "quick-draw" pockets?
A safety sausage is a small inflatable tube around 4' and a few inches wide, that rolls up into a nice, compact little 3"x2" roll, and clips nicely from any available D-ring.
Compare that to the SMB (surface marker buoy), which is generally about 6' tall and 6-8" wide when inflated, and when deflated and rolled it's still a fairly substantial package that's a tube 6-8" long and 2-3" diameter... far larger than you'd probably want hanging freely from a D ring. One of the more common methods of stowing them involves a couple loops of bungee or tubing on your backplate, and stowing it along the side or bottom of the plate, where it's mostly out of the way.
I finally got around to taking a few pictures. Hope this helps someone.mike_s:
(Pardon the state of my gear, yes, it needs to be cleaned and I have not had a chance since my last dive!)
SMB fully stowed in sleeve:
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Closed end of sleeve with SMB inside:
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SMB laying atop the sleeve (for size reference):
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SMB held next to sleeve (for size reference):
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Sleeve length is just shy of 11":
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SMB length is about 9":
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Sleeve width is about 5", SMB rolled width is about 4":
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A good inch to spare with the SMB stowed inside the sleeve, easy to close velcro:
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