Is it difficult to repeatedly dive to the bottom in 6-8 of water? Looks like a useful safety tool for scalloping.
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After a few minutes to get familiarized with using a buoyancy vest, I found it easy to adjust for diving and for floating. One wrinkle. The vest, unless you get a size that is a snug fit, will tend to ride up at times. I solved this by wrapping a simple webbing strap/side-release buckle belt I whipped up and secured the vest by weaving the belt through the vest's side straps. Overall, the vest greatly enhanced and extended my snorkeling sessions. Definitely recommended.
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I didn't do any diving since I was too nervous to do that, but you can control exactly how much air is in it at anytime allowing you to customize your buoyancy. I had it fully blown up and didn't change it. At that level it would have been difficult to dive.
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This safety tool is good for everything, for snorkeling as well for scuba dive, remember life vest you will wearing just as a precaution.if you scuba BCD by accident is broke or you are snorkeling and you dont know swimming this is the tool right for you. Remember safety all the timefrom: mr andujarSan Juan, Puerto Rico.
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It was easy enough to let air out of the vest in order to go under water but I didn't go as deep as 6 feet - maybe 3 feet was as far as I needed to go.
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You would need to deflate / re-inflate the vest on each dive. It is easy to do while in the water, however, it could get monotonous depending on the number of dives.
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It does have a very small amount of buoyancy even when empty but was able to dive 20ft repeatedly at underwater museum in cancun. It also did work well to partially inflate and view from surface on shallow reefs. We have tried a couple different brands of vest and these are hands down the best.
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Ive taken this out on the ocean 3 times now (2x with a friend, once with my brother). 1-2 ft you can get through and is actually pretty fun. A good workout if you are out there for a few hours just making it out of the surf, getting bored and going back, and repeating. We had people scoping us in the beginning, watching us air it up, and look at us curiously when we first took it out. But after they saw that everything held up and we were having fun, they would ask us questions like what brand, how much, where did we get it, etc.ALSO! Forgot to mention, you'll definitely want new oars. The ones supplied wont cut it. I prefer paddling around than using a motor, just thought i'd mention it. Ive taken this out on the ocean 3 times now (2x with a friend, once with my brother). 1-2 ft you can get through and is actually pretty fun. A good workout if you are out there for a few hours just making it out of the surf, getting bored and going back, and repeating. We had people scoping us in the beginning, watching us air it up, and look at us curiously when we first took it out. But after they saw that everything held up and we were having fun, they would ask us questions like what brand, how much, where did we get it, etc.ALSO! Forgot to mention, you'll definitely want... » Read More Ive taken this out on the ocean 3 times now (2x with a friend, once with my brother). 1-2 ft you can get through and is actually pretty fun. A good workout if you are out there for a few hours just making it out of the surf, getting bored and going back, and repeating. We had people scoping us in the beginning, watching us air it up, and look at us curiously when we first took it out. But after they saw that everything held up and we were having fun, they would ask us questions like what brand, how much, where did we get it, etc.ALSO! Forgot to mention, you'll definitely want new oars. The ones supplied wont cut it. I prefer paddling around than using a motor, just thought i'd mention it. « Show Less
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Jumping into some water with sandbags strapped to your core...I would say that seems a little unsafe. If you'd try it anyway, the safest approach would be to start with just the vest with no weight and build your strength slowly. And I'd swim with someone. But, in any case, sounds like a bad idea to me.
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you have to keep opening and closing it as you go down. It is very time consuming but worth it. I usually count to 10 for each section to get good waves.
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They claim that is. I've never used it underwater. On YouTube there' are videos that show mixed results.
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If it were a quick submersion I think it would repel the water and survive nicely, but not sure what would happen if it took a long soak. It's pretty sturdy and I am very pleased with it. I think you will love it!
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I just came back from a week live aboard in Palau, 5 dives a day. No problems, great pics. About 100 feet was deepest dive, case is rated to 130 feet
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Its a buoy not a dive handle. I don't think its been tested for use at depth as its mainly suited for use on the surface for preventing the camera from permanently sinking to those depths. If you intend on using it for diving you may be better off using a float designed for that depth
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My physician recommended this item after I broke my neck. I can swim w/o turning my head to breath. It does work well; however, swimming is not really my thing and I am not significantly enamored with the pool. Although I do plan to build strength and endurance in the pool, starting in the spring to prepare myself for whitewater kayaking.
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I'm glad you asked. I competed In USS, and later coached High School swimming, water polo, and a USS Swimming team. I bought this unit specifically to do workouts in the pool. It will take some adjusting/playing with the unit, but it will fit snugly and hold in place, under your goggle strap. I wouldn't try diving in with it though. It's amazing what it'll do for your workout intensity!
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Yes. The longer and wider and thicker the better for a beginner due to the stability it brings. Its perfect for flat waters. Hope it helped. Rgds
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Tandy, I have not capsized myself in a river with it, but I have got it wet rinsing the blade off after cutting citrus fruits and such, and I've gotten a lot more of the knife wet while doing so than I intended. If I had to guess, it would probably survive a dunk in the water, unless you happened to turn it on accidentally while it's underwater. If you're paranoid, get a dry bag and put your knife and such in it. It also has the added benefit of floating if you get dumped.
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I don't know of anyone that had any trouble getting on and off. We were only inn shallow water. We love it!
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I think it would hold up to a few dives for sure. Salt water is really corrosive, so it may start wearing down like 10x faster than if in dry environment. And if you dropped it, it may sink. But if a shark came near you would probably be ok if you hit it on the face! I hear they hate that.
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According to the rep I spoke, it will without fail. I'm assuming you mean in shallow depths, as it's not recommended in deepwater dives.
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I found them to be pretty heavy actually. I don't think they would work very well snorkling. They are basically a training aid to learn to swim better but I guess you could give it a try.
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Same dif, except the diver has that little box to catch the choppings, which, in my opinion is very nice cause the stuff does tend to fly around. The device where the box is underneath is really the best...it's on Amazon too.