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Re: [News] DEMA Special 2006: Zeagle Systems Introduces Buoyancy Control Belt for Freedivers

Yes, of course, Jose, but that's exactly what we are speaking here about. That's what is called bents or DCS. And if he staid so long down there and additionally had a belt that would shoot him up faster in the last meters, he would finish even worse than he did.

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That's the principle of DCS - the longer you stay in depth, the more CO2 is dissolved in your blood, and the slower you have to go up. So if you use a BC device that allows you longer and/or deeper dives due to less energy consumed for the descent, buyoancy control, and the ascent, and additionally it allows you to ascent faster, then of course the risk of a decompression accident rises considerably.

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