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Jambi
October 5th, 2003, 10:11 PM
Has anyone used one of these before?
Dive Rattle (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3630368976&category=16053)
Not worth the price of course. If it actually works (does any thing like this work) should be simple enough to DIR it.
Jambi
FFMDiver
October 5th, 2003, 10:22 PM
If I didnt know better I could have sworn I was looking at PVC joints with a marble inside...
Zept
October 5th, 2003, 11:06 PM
I have a rattle, although mine is metal. It works. It's annoying.
I also have a 30cm stainless steel rod with a split ring through one end, attached to a bolt snap. I use it to bang on my tank. It works. It isn't annoying, b/c it only works when I want it to... unlike the rattle.
Z
RICHinNC
October 6th, 2003, 06:10 AM
no doubt...(good group)...it is cheaper than my mini hammerhead...
but, to work it must keep the water out from leaking inside the pvc....which would make it bouyant as heck....which means unless you have it well secured it is going to float all around you and be a basic pain in the patuti
still a cheap solution to a non problem
ScottyK
October 6th, 2003, 07:26 AM
Here's a recent thread in the accessories section about bangers and rattlers.
http://www.scubaboard.com/t36732/s.html
Aeolus
October 6th, 2003, 08:20 AM
Hi there,
I have something very similar to that. It is a key holder (plastic tube with o-ring seal on lid) with a marble inside. It is on a cord about a foot long. I secure it to a d-ring next to a BC pocket and tuck it into my cumberbund, until I need it. I like it because it makes a unique sound and the sound does not travel as far as a tank bang and is not confused with the signals from a DM.
Jambi
October 6th, 2003, 04:21 PM
Thanks for the link ScottyK
Jambi
Damselfish
October 7th, 2003, 10:03 PM
Actually I'm not sure if it's a key holder, match holder for camping, or where it came from, but it's 2-3 inches long and I think I bought it for like a buck. I put some lead shot in it, which pretty much counteracts the little bouyancy it has.
It has a unique sound that's not obnoxious, and I use it occasionally to get the attention of my photographer husband - if your buddy is a photo freak, you'll understand. :)
Heavy D
October 20th, 2003, 03:51 PM
Actually I did make some of these out of PVC pipe with some caps. Cheap and easy. Beats paying somebody else for it and it does work as an attention getter, although it can be annoying at times. Just fill with lead shot, steel bearings, or marbles.
the_dumper
October 22nd, 2003, 04:49 AM
They work really well at least the metal ones do, I don't own one and they should be banned. I spent two weeks on a liveaboard in the Red Sea and the Egyptian guide on the boat had one, by about the fourth day everyone on the boat wanted to shove it where the sun don't shine, and by the end of the first week one of the divers had stolen it and thrown it overboard, Hooray!
I can't think of anything more annoying that I have come across while diving (sugestions for more annoying dive items anyone?).
cyklon_300
October 22nd, 2003, 09:55 AM
are computers with audible alarms...several people had them on the last liveaboard trip...CONSTANT freaking buzzing and beeping for 7 days...
These divers ruined the peace underwater because they HAD to know the status of microbubble formation...but they never changed their diving style to lessen the number of alerts they received...when they were asked about it, they said they just ignored the alarms as they were too conservative...
Doh!
Jambi
October 24th, 2003, 01:58 AM
the_dumper once bubbled...
one of the divers had stolen it and thrown it overboard, Hooray!
Nice, sounds like I would have done the same. For the price of live aboards they should have a what don't you like session after each dive! :) .
Jambi
PhilD
October 24th, 2003, 01:01 PM
On a recent weekend trip, several of the seventeen divers had these rattle things and it was more than just annoying. There was nearly a continuous sound of rattles on every dive and it was quite amusing to watch several divers all looking for the source of the rattle.
I agree that computer alarms also rank up there, it took me a few dives to realize that it was someone elses alarm going off and not mine. One diver I dived with insisted it was not his alarm, but every time it went off I could see a led flashing on his computer too. Some people have no idea what their computer can do (and in some cases how to use it) and simply use it as a depth gauge and timer. Carrying a computer doesn't do you much good, unless you have at least the basic idea of how to use it. Setting the correct level of alarms should be basic stuff.
