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Instructions
* Insert regulator 2nd stage into open end of tube
* Hold tube around regulator hose and gently depress purge button until tube is fully inflate. Do not overinflate
* Hold end of tube under water, and tube will stand erect with top 2 metres above the water.
* If SCUBA not available, blow into open end to inflate tube.
Comments about Aqua Aqua "Safety Sausage" Marine Rescue Tube Signal:
This works exceptionally well using your power inflator. It is open ended so make sure that there is no water inside the tube or it will not stand up. It is almost impossible to orally inflate especially in chopppy sea.Irecently got caught needing to use a more expensive one (rental gear) when the dive boat was a no-show on the pickup. The more expensive one was an oral inflate and it was quite a struggle on the choppy sea surface trying to get it to completely inflate. I will never go without the Aqua Safety sausage again. I was really missing it that day.
from San Francisco on 3/20/2007
Comments about Aqua Aqua "Safety Sausage" Marine Rescue Tube Signal:
This tube is one of the tallest available, and yet it is among the most compact when not deployed. How? It's also made of some of the thinest (and cheapest) material.
I've been using one of these tubes for 5 years now. I've deployed it a few times, and it's pretty simple. You can't use this as a lift bag. No one will be impressed with this piece of gear.
If you just want a simple red tube, to stick up above the waves ...this is about as simple and cheap as it could get. This is fine for people who leave behind their bulky gear, or are afraid to lose their expensive gear.
At least two of my friends have one of these tubes that they bought after seeing mine. This just a cheap plastic tube, but it does everything I wanted it to do.
I eventually added a "D-Lux" duct tape handle.
It rolls up small, even with some line on it.
