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When I started diving back in the early 90s I used a jacket with a 400ml air cylinder for emergency inflation.
I'm back diving regularly again and I wondered why they seem to have fallen our of favor.
I see comments about dumping lead at the surface to maintain buoyancy in an OOA situation as you would have no air to inflate. The aux bottle bypassed this problem.
We were also trained in "jacket breathing" as an emergency drill.
Why don't we still do this sort of thing.
Incidentally, the jacket was a Buddy Commando, And is still in good condition. Those things are indestructible.
I'm back diving regularly again and I wondered why they seem to have fallen our of favor.
I see comments about dumping lead at the surface to maintain buoyancy in an OOA situation as you would have no air to inflate. The aux bottle bypassed this problem.
We were also trained in "jacket breathing" as an emergency drill.
Why don't we still do this sort of thing.
Incidentally, the jacket was a Buddy Commando, And is still in good condition. Those things are indestructible.