Personal flares for diving

Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
be waterproof- not boat flares.

TIA.

Manic Grin wrote:

> Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
> possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
> be waterproof- not boat flares.
>
> TIA.

Paines Wessex do a flare called the day + night flare, one end is a
smoke/dye, the other is a flare. It's rated to 30M, I keep mine in a
plastic container that is rated to 50M. If you want more details mail me.

Danny

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Hi Manic Grin

I carry along a 3-shot flare in my BCD for emergencies. The device is made
by Comet and I add a bit of siliconeglue on the tread to make sure the
O-ring does not leak. I have dived the thing ca. 100 times. (max to 50m.)
Once a year I replace the flares and reseal the cap.
http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/d... E4t+ClickMag

Hi again

In addition to the Comet system I gave, there is another company that
produces a 4 flare diving device.
Go to:
http://www.nico-pyro.de/safety/index_en.htm
and follow the tabs => 'Signal-Ammunition' => 'NICOSIGNAL' => 'Products'
then click on the link '9364 - NICOSIGNAL Handy Scuba ' for the details.
(Site navigation is not the best I've seen ...)

Or to go straight to the page use this 'short' link ...
http://www.nico-pyro.de/safety/produ...ppe=NICOSIGNAL

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gjw <gjw@mindless,com> writes:


>and follow the tabs => 'Signal-Ammunition' => 'NICOSIGNAL' => 'Products'
>then click on the link '9364 - NICOSIGNAL Handy Scuba ' for the details.
>(Site navigation is not the best I've seen ...)

The Nicosignal is indeed a good piece of kit, even though it does
appear have been redesigned to hold only 4 flares instead of 6.

Bear in mind though that to legally own one of these in the United Kingdom,
you require a Class 1 firearms license. Some boffin buried in the
depths of the Home Office decided that the aluminium cartridge case
constituted a 'barrel'.

Regards,

Pete

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Thanks. Impressed as usual by the response. Good enough to make a
brave man weep.

Oooh- what about the dye markers? Anyone use these?

Thanks.

>Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
>possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
>be waterproof- not boat flares.
>
>TIA.

> Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
> possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
> be waterproof- not boat flares.

Assuming that you are intending these to be used to locate a lost diver,
then have you considered the alternative option of an EPIRB?

I have this one http://www.seamarshall.demon.co.uk/pb.html I bought this
as a modern equivalent to flares when my old packet was about 10 years out
of date

Cheers
Matt.

Am looking into this too. There's a few on the market, from the PLB8
fag packet one to the FastFind unit from Pains Wessex. Appears you can
get a housing for either of these but I'll probably make one myself
(owning an engineering company is useful sometimes...)

>> Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
>> possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
>> be waterproof- not boat flares.
>
>Assuming that you are intending these to be used to locate a lost diver,
>then have you considered the alternative option of an EPIRB?
>
>I have this one http://www.seamarshall.demon.co.uk/pb.html I bought this
>as a modern equivalent to flares when my old packet was about 10 years out
>of date
>
>Cheers
>Matt.

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:52:31 -0000, "Imorital" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>> Anyone know where I can get a set of personal flares and quite
>> possibly a dye marker from? To stick in the pocket of my BCD so must
>> be waterproof- not boat flares.
>
>Assuming that you are intending these to be used to locate a lost diver,
>then have you considered the alternative option of an EPIRB?
>
>I have this one http://www.seamarshall.demon.co.uk/pb.html I bought this
>as a modern equivalent to flares when my old packet was about 10 years out
>of date
>
>Cheers
>Matt.

But it goes off after 20 seconds in water!
Rocket Robertson
The slowest Pool Player

> > But it goes off after 20 seconds in water!
>
> no only IF it is armed
> anyway you are best of keeping it in a watertight housing

You do not need to keep it in a watertight housing, you just put it in your
pocket. The Arm switch is protected from accidental switch on and the unit
is waterproof.

Cheers
Matt.