Hi folks,
I'm pondering an SMB purchase, and have more or less settled on the following requirements:
-Yellow
-8 to 10 feet or so. I've seen plenty of 6 footers and I'd feel better with something a little taller.
-Ideally not more than 50lbs lift (may conflict with the 10lbs requirement!)
-Closed bag with LP inflator attachment
-Well-built
The real purpose of this bag will be for getting blown off the line in Jersey diving, therefore I feel the above requirements make sense. I will also likely get one of the 1m Halcyon or DSS jobbies for more mundane "hey dive boat I'm coming up where you expect me now" purposes, but that's a discussion for another day.
So my question is, what bag best satisfies those requirements? I rather like the Carter Super Sausage CBSS-25, although it's a little short (8'). Does anyone know if it has an LP hose inflation option? The description says just says "oral inflation valve," but surely a bag that big has an LP option? It's definitely a closed bag ("totally enclosed"). Curiously, it is listed as having only 0.4 cubic feet of volume at the surface, which I calculate to be 25lbs of lift. Is that because it's only 3.5 inches wide? Would I be better off with something much wider but shorter (seems to me the Halcyons I've seen in person were more like 6 inches wide)?
Thanks!
I'm pondering an SMB purchase, and have more or less settled on the following requirements:
-Yellow
-8 to 10 feet or so. I've seen plenty of 6 footers and I'd feel better with something a little taller.
-Ideally not more than 50lbs lift (may conflict with the 10lbs requirement!)
-Closed bag with LP inflator attachment
-Well-built
The real purpose of this bag will be for getting blown off the line in Jersey diving, therefore I feel the above requirements make sense. I will also likely get one of the 1m Halcyon or DSS jobbies for more mundane "hey dive boat I'm coming up where you expect me now" purposes, but that's a discussion for another day.
So my question is, what bag best satisfies those requirements? I rather like the Carter Super Sausage CBSS-25, although it's a little short (8'). Does anyone know if it has an LP hose inflation option? The description says just says "oral inflation valve," but surely a bag that big has an LP option? It's definitely a closed bag ("totally enclosed"). Curiously, it is listed as having only 0.4 cubic feet of volume at the surface, which I calculate to be 25lbs of lift. Is that because it's only 3.5 inches wide? Would I be better off with something much wider but shorter (seems to me the Halcyons I've seen in person were more like 6 inches wide)?
Thanks!