Posted: 6/30/2011 9:24:23 AM EDT
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" Best Pool accessory, period "
The kids love it ... big kids too. 
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He is always great on the phone, placed and order today! Should be here in the next few days!!!
I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. |
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I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. Me? I got a PADI card ... but the kids, they are in a backyard swimming pool. 
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I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. Me? I got a PADI card ... but the kids, they are in a backyard swimming pool. can still hurt yourself in a pool with scuba, that is what i was told in my scuba class. |
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I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. Me? I got a PADI card ... but the kids, they are in a backyard swimming pool. can still hurt yourself in a pool with scuba, that is what i was told in my scuba class. Specifics ? |
| According to this dive table, you'll only need to worry about decompression stops after you've been down at 60ft for over an hour. |
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I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. Me? I got a PADI card ... but the kids, they are in a backyard swimming pool. can still hurt yourself in a pool with scuba, that is what i was told in my scuba class. Specifics ? Multiple descents & surfaces in shallow water can bend ya. A dive buddy took a hit a few years ago down in the Keys while lobstering in 10'-15' of water. He spent the day catching bugs and scouting spots. Each time he would dive, check out a spot, then go back up to the boat. That night or the next day he was diagnosed with DCS. (AKA, the bends) The constant up & down combined with dehydration where the primary factors causing the hit. Dehydration seems to play a big role in DCS hits that aren't the classic "got too deep or stayed too long" type hits. |
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My son is only 3 months old and has just recently been dipped in our pool. However, having grown up without a pool, the mere fact that he's got a 25k in-ground that I keep clean means he can learn to hold his breath for free!
As a slight hijack to you thread, I think the best pool accessory is 20 Mule Team Borax for PH. This is the first year that I've been doing the BBB method and it's working fantastic for a fraction of the cost. |
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I'm kinda surprised to see this for sale. I see it's a scuba company selling them and that they use a teflon ( instead of oil) lubricant like a real scuba compressor, but even tiny amounts of the right vapors can be deadly at three atmospheres (roughly 60' down). It only mentions a particle filter but nothing to catch any harmful vapors. I guess they know what they're doing.
Plus this - take a full breath at 60' and then come up to the surface without exhaling and I guarantee you will pop both your lungs into a bloody pulp. Add a kid who gets excited playing around and ........... They obviously feel safe in selling it, but my sphincter is puckering a little. Maybe it's just a combination of legal training and a really good scuba course that focused on all the different ways to die. I bet their liability insurance bill is a whopper. Me? I got a PADI card ... but the kids, they are in a backyard swimming pool. can still hurt yourself in a pool with scuba, that is what i was told in my scuba class. Specifics ? what i learned in class was that you can still over expand your lungs in as little as 6ft of water if you do not exhale. |
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I did get hurt in a pool, but it was not due to the bends. I was working on my Divemaster cert and was teaching at a class. The students were just starting to try out the weight belts and such, a female had way too much weight on her belt and after several times telling her that she had too much I said screw it and decided to watch from above and use it as a teaching method.
She got in and dropped like a rock to 15', I waited a few seconds to see if she would release the belt, but she began to panic so I dove in straight to the bottom and didn't equalize and ended up with a Type I barotrauma. Everyone listened after that episode. Now as for the pump, that's great for some sustained lower levels, but I'll stick with my snorkel as my septic tank is only 750 gallons 
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