Cavern/Safety Reel 36

Cavern/Safety Reel

The Cavern/Safety Reel came about as North Florida cave training agencies began establishing standards in cave training.

The established standard for cavern divers was to limit penetration no farther than 130 linear feet from daylight. Experienced cave divers use the Cavern/Safety reel as a jump reel or as a back up for security. Wreck divers will use this reel for shooting lift bags.

The frame of the reel comes with a series of pre-drilled holes so divers can change positions from a top-mount handle, to a side-mount handle or a left-hand operated reel. The spool is held in place with a stainless steel ´C´ clip so replacing the spool or cleaning up a jammed reel is simple.

– White, DuPont fiber braid line provides strength and minimizes fraying.

– Orange, Dacron line does not stretch, keeping firm tension.

– Cave series reels use #24 braid line giving 220-lbs of breakage strength.

– Wreck series reels use #36 braid line giving 350-lbs of breakage strength.

– Injection molded polycarbonate spools resist breakage and cracking.

– Marine grade stainless steel frame and axle are corrosion resistant.

– Marine grade stainless steel bolt snap is corrosion resistant.

– T-top lockdown screw for easy grip

– 1 lb (0.45 kg)

TIPS:

1.Before diving with a new reel (or a dry reel that has been in storage), put the reel in a bucket of water and after soaking, pay out the entire length of line and reel it back in. This will moisten the line, precluding it from swelling on the reel and further preventing the possibility of jamming or damaging the spool.

2.As with most dive equipment, you should rinse your reel with fresh water following each dive. You should also periodically disassemble the reel, and remove any build up of salt or sediment on its internal parts.

3.Dive Rite recommends pulling some or all of the line off the spool before each dive, then rewinding it neatly but not too tightly, so as to prevent the possibility of jamming during line deployment.

4.Finally, too much line on the spool can cause jams during initial deployment, if you are having a problem with jams try removing 10 or 15 feet of line.