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I was with a cave instructor last week who said he always recommends reels over spools after he recovered two bodies and two spools that had been dropped during their attempts to find a line. He thinks it's better to have something with a handle.
 
Go to Divegearexpress.com and Reefscuba.com........But like a lot of gear it depends on personal preference.......Each type has it's positives/negatives.....I use different brands/types for different applications.........The type of line, color, size etc. may also be a factor for you..............The environment and what you plan on using it for will help make/narrow your decision........
 
I was with a cave instructor last week who said he always recommends reels over spools after he recovered two bodies and two spools that had been dropped during their attempts to find a line. He thinks it's better to have something with a handle.

... that's pretty much what I'm thinking. If I'm deploying a safety line, I'm assuming it's because I have no vis and will be doing it blind ... and probably a bit stressed. I think in that situation, deploying a reel by feel is probably a bit less "risky" than deploying a spool.

To each their own ... but I did specifically say in the OP ... "not a finger spool" ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)
 
Manta Nano and Nano Plus. Delrin and the new ones can literally be ran over and the spool is made of a material that will spring back into shape. I am authorized to sell them but don't have enough for an initial order just yet. Check out Piranha Dive Gear for them here:
Nano 50ft Model
Nano+ 130ft Reel Model
 
Safety spool tip: If you're searching for the line, you wanna be on the bottom. Like your hand and spool is touching the dirt kind of on the bottom.
 
Wow, Jim, those look like a very good deal! I think I paid more than that for my little DiveRite one, and it's plastic.
 
Wow, Jim, those look like a very good deal! I think I paid more than that for my little DiveRite one, and it's plastic.

I know. I did as well when I first got into tech. And the dr safety reel spool split on me. I ended up super gluing and melting it together with a soldering iron. Then saw these at DEMA and ordered them as soon as I got back. Even sold all the dr ones before these arrived. Funny thing is the dr ones I paid big bucks for at the time came with a spool that I swear was out of the same mold as my crappy trident reel I bought before I knew better.

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I was with a cave instructor last week who said he always recommends reels over spools after he recovered two bodies and two spools that had been dropped during their attempts to find a line. He thinks it's better to have something with a handle.

That just indicates that those two divers didn't practice using their spools and nothing more. I've had a lot more students jam reels than drop spools. And the one or two that have dropped spools were able to recover them even with a blacked out mask on. The several that jammed reels were not able to recover those.
 
I don't see dropping a spool any more likely than dropping a reel while searching for a lost line. You aren't just reeling out line while swimming around. You're likely crawling around with a wingspan's or two worth of line out.

What I do see having greater potential is fouling the reel.
 
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