[Jon]

Connor,

I have a few different floats.

The first one I bought was a cheapie Sporasub torpedo float which I end up using more than anything else because it packs so small and I can strap all kinds of things to it. It cost me $10 on the Deeper blue store.

The second one I bought was a Rob Allen foam filled float since I was worried about the Sporasub popping, which it never has. It is a nice little float, but barely has any bouyancy to it at all for strapping stuff onto. It does have a built in flag and is weighted to stay upright. Still, it sits in my basement most of the time unless I am brigning along another new spearo who can use it while we dive.

Third float I bought was a fancy OMER America torpedo float. This thing is big with lots of bouyancy and has a built in flag as well as pockets for ballast weight and water bottles. It even has places to strap in a couple of guns and a really nice inflate/deflate system. It is pretty big and I don't end up using it that much as a result- would be better for the Ocean.

I also have a couple of other floats- inner tube style with float covers and s. steel D-rings sewn in to them. I use these for my counter balance retreival system, but not much else as a big round tube isn't that much fun to pull through the water.

Tedski told me he was going with you down to Little Cayman, lucky b@st@rd, so I can give him one of my floats to take down with and you can try it out. I would reccomend the OMER since there will be a couple of you and you could attach a line to it as well as a bunch of water/gatorade bottles.

I find that torpedo floats are the easiest to pull around when I dive, but if I am out for a long time, or think that I am going to scrounge up a bunch of anchors, I like to tow my smaller dive kayak (OK Scrambler) as it cuts through the water better than a tube float and I can always paddle it back to shore if tired- plus, it can carry a LOT of stuff.

Jon