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Can't think of the name of the company that is producing the BC's but the BC's have this little red lever (left side of BC). The ad says: "To descend, just push the lever down. To ascend, lift the lever up.". Now this goes against everything we've been taught in Open Water class. Namely: "do not use your inflater to descend or ascend."
Was I out to lunch when the rules were changed?
Any comments on this new "buoyancy device"?
I wonder if an octopus was a wierd gimmicky thing once upon a time!
A hint:
If a piece of diving equipment has 'Pro', 'Tec' or 'Extreme' in its name, it isn't any of these things...
The I3 does have an oral inflate system.
From the Aqualung site:
"...(t)he oral inflator is easy to deploy and use. It can easily be removed to provide a access port should you ever need to rinse the inside of your BC..."
Using the lever, or any air inflate/dump valve, as an "e'evator" button ("lift" button for our Oz contingent) is an accident waiting to happen. The lever action on the I3 is designed to control all three dump valves at once. I've seen many new divers/students having difficulty dumping air from their BC because they couldn't find where the pocket was trapped.
Hitting the lever on the I3 in any orientation will allow the trpped air out through whatever valve the bubble is next to.
The I3 can even be set up with a second source air supply through the dump valve.
I remember when BCs were considered a gimic.
Ian
IMO...I remember when BCs were considered a gimic.
Ian