Last year I went for a boat dive. Standard 35m/120' wreck dive off the UK south coast. Typically I take my bags on to the boat and come back for the rebreather. I closed and locked the car and without thinking I clipped them off to my chest D-ring.
Lovely day. Sunny, nice people, all’s fine with the world.
Got kitted up, pre-breathed the box and jumped in. Nice visibility, not too cold. Lovely.
After about 15 minutes I noticed my car keys dangling from my chest D-ring where I’d left them. Pillock, or words to that effect, I said to myself. Alongside the Subaru Forester key was my garage transmitter key. Now what I thought. The keys would be buggered by now, so may as well continue the dive.
Was annoying as I’d have to get the wife to come down with a spare key, so resigned myself to my fate.
Finally got back to port and went back to the car.
Well slap my thigh…. Pressed the unlock button and the car unlocked! The key had withstood an hour at 35m/120' plus 30ish mins of decompression!
When home I opened the garage key, rinsed it under the tap and removed the battery. Dried it, replaced the battery and it too worked!
I’m a tad more careful now but tend to keep the key in my under suit pocket, inside the drysuit.
Lovely day. Sunny, nice people, all’s fine with the world.
Got kitted up, pre-breathed the box and jumped in. Nice visibility, not too cold. Lovely.
After about 15 minutes I noticed my car keys dangling from my chest D-ring where I’d left them. Pillock, or words to that effect, I said to myself. Alongside the Subaru Forester key was my garage transmitter key. Now what I thought. The keys would be buggered by now, so may as well continue the dive.
Was annoying as I’d have to get the wife to come down with a spare key, so resigned myself to my fate.
Finally got back to port and went back to the car.
Well slap my thigh…. Pressed the unlock button and the car unlocked! The key had withstood an hour at 35m/120' plus 30ish mins of decompression!
When home I opened the garage key, rinsed it under the tap and removed the battery. Dried it, replaced the battery and it too worked!
I’m a tad more careful now but tend to keep the key in my under suit pocket, inside the drysuit.
