Buying, Launching, Using a Buddy DSMBi...all Q & A?

[scubadog]

A little help needed :-) Which bottle size is best to order, the 0.1 or 0.2 ?
And if the 0.1 does the job perfectly, why have the 0.2 ?

Pete.

[beanie]

Originally Posted by scubadog

A little help needed :-) Which bottle size is best to order, the 0.1 or 0.2 ?
And if the 0.1 does the job perfectly, why have the 0.2 ?

Pete.

good question who knows but 0.1 fills the blob completly

[scubadog]

Thanks beanie :-)

[Janos]

I suppose the only advantage of the 0.2 is that you can top off your blob from a partially empty cylinder (well one with 100 bar in) and you know it will fill it. With the 0.1 you have to remember to fill it *after* you've got your main cylinder filled.

That said I think the 0.1 is best myself.

Laters,
Janos

[edward]

chap on their stand at the dive show said the 0.2l bottles were left-overs from a 'military' job, and not really necessary.

If the 0.1l bottle can fill the blob at the surface, then thats OK for me!

Kent diving were cheapest when I bought mine, but it was a while ago.

[MATTBIN]

You could presumably do 2 fills with the 0.2, usefull if you're out all day and only have partially filled main tank(s). Flippin great big thing though. The 0.1 is hard enough to stow
I have a 0.1 - seems to work fine.

Matt

[DaveB]

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

You could presumably do 2 fills with the 0.2, usefull if you're out all day and only have partially filled main tank(s). Flippin great big thing though. The 0.1 is hard enough to stow
I have a 0.1 - seems to work fine.

Matt

The thing I like about these toys is that you can crack the bottle and let go, so I empty mine each time. 0.2 would be wasted on me!

[RichClark]

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

You could presumably do 2 fills with the 0.2, usefull if you're out all day and only have partially filled main tank(s). Flippin great big thing though. The 0.1 is hard enough to stow
I have a 0.1 - seems to work fine.

Matt

It doesn't really work that way as you tend to just 'crack and go' rather than shutting it off.

Rich

[MATTBIN]

I recalled that someone suggested that if you do that (crack and go) the seawater gets into the bottle. I usually try and tie mine off (to the wreck) crack it, shut it and launch. I have deployed by shutting off without tie-ing off first i.e. no wreck to tie it off to.

Matt

[RichClark]

Originally Posted by MATTBIN

I recalled that someone suggested that if you do that (crack and go) the seawater gets into the bottle. I usually try and tie mine off (to the wreck) crack it, shut it and launch. I have deployed by shutting off without tie-ing off first i.e. no wreck to tie it off to.

Matt

Matt,

TBH I was told the same, and used to crack the bottle and shut it off too. But after a while, I stoped doing this.

I'll normally crack the bottle a small amount just to get the smb to neutral and then check for any entanglement - assuming it's all ok, I just fire it off.

I stripped by bottle down a while ago and there was no evidence of water ingress.

Cheers

Rich