[yugyug]

after reading the article by terry maas I had some thoughts. I posted them on spearboard but as yet no one has approached. Perhaps they are a bit silly, or I don't understand the mechanisms well enough, (i am not a highly experienced freediver) but can anyone here comment on the following:

+ what about accidental inflation or inflation in a dangerous location i.e a cave. Not being able to descend again even temporarily could be a problem because of cave overhangs. I suppose that not many divers are going to be still in a cave at the vests auto-inflate time, but if you were, can you quick release it/deactivate the inflation?

+ is 10 feet enough depth to avoid an oncoming boat? If you surface and have to quickly dive again becasue of a boat, Mass' article states the vest will allow you to dive to 10 feet before triggering (as part of its surface blackout function). So what if its a big boat, or you misjudge your depth, you've misjudged the time to dive slightly because who are bit freaked out by the oncoming boat, and the vest triggers while you are underneath the propellers? I understand this would be a rare situation, but still....?

generally though I think this is a neat idea and look forward to it in use.