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Originally Posted by terrillja
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Originally Posted by mitsuguy
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Originally Posted by terrillja
So Stephen Frink can afford to carry like 4K in cameras, but not cave line and a bolt snap for his camera?
My main issues with this:
1) If it deploys underwater, say in a wreck, you are in trouble
2) It can't be deployed during a deco hang, as many SMBs can.
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not necessarily on number 1 though... it takes air out of the lower dump of the bc, meaning the bc would need to be almost fully inflated in order for it to inflate (and also, it wouldn't automatically fill up upon deployment, you'd have to specifically add air to it) however, it would be a potential entanglement hazard... |
I haven't seen one in person, but from the video it seems like once the d-ring is pulled, there is nothing to hold the smb in. So if air is added to the bc, some will go into the smb. At least that is how it seems to me. I haven't seen anywhere if it can be deployed with the bc partially full or not.
That would be helpful, if someone who has seen one can say if the BC has to be fully inflated or not to deploy the smb. |
well, air always goes to the highest point... if you were horizontal or head down, then the air would travel to the SMB, but, remember you haven't necessarily added air, its just moved, so, although inconvenient, it wouldn't cause any type of runaway ascent... now, in the heads up position, air only goes to the bottom of the BC if its close to full... (try dumping air from your lower release valve while in the heads up position with it only 1/4 full)