Talk:Buoyancy compensator (diving)

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message: I don't know about anyone else but I call them "BCDs" (Buoyancy Compensation Devices)
Discuss?Rincewind32 (talk) 10:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A lot of divers call them BCDs. An acronym may be in common usage, but it doesn't make it a good title for an article. As you can see, the first sentence of this article mentions "BCD" as another name for Buoyancy compensator, so the use is covered there. However, there are other meanings for the acronym "BCD" - just type BCD into the search box on the left of this page and you'll see a dozen more possibilities. So we use the commonest unambiguous name for an article's title and make redirects (or disambiguation pages) for other possible names. Hope that helps. --RexxS (talk) 21:45, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
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message: I was wondering whether a Buoyancy Compensation Device could be used to replace lifejackets. Not sure whether BCD's have the same float strength and durability as lifejackets. Also not sure whether they allow a person to attain a suitable hight above the water surface (as divers generally stay below the water surface, eg nose just below it) and whether they allow to keep a person on the back when fully blown up. Also, only a small bottle (pony) can be used. However if possible, could allow to reduce costs as a lifejacket is always required on a vessel anyhow, thus eliminating double costs.
KVDP (talk) 14:37, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Inflated by mouth, BCs are far more durable and better than cheap kapoc lifejackets (as are wetsuits, which are even more passively unlikely to fail), but in praticality it's hard to remove stowed lifejackets every time divers board a boat, and then stow them on again when they leave. Somebody would be likely to forget. Thus, the law simply requires the life jackets to be there all the time, and that's wise. However, it can't require that divers USE them if the boat is going down! A scuba diver on a sinking boat would be a fool not to don all his/her scuba gear (including BC and suit and fins, mask and snorkle, but of course minus tank and weights) and leave the life jackets right where they are. We had explicit instructions to do that in my own training many years ago, and they make very good sense. SBHarris 20:10, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with all that Steve says, but would add that every BCD has a disclaimer stating that "This device is not a lifejacket". Presumably this is to avoid manufacturer's liability if something went wrong when the BCD was being used as one. I do remember a lot of controversy in clubs when BCDs began to be common (late 1980s, if I recall correctly). I had been trained using an ABLJ ("horsecollar") and the older divers insisted that the BCDs were unsafe as they would position an unconscious diver face-down on the surface, while the ABLJ would always result in a face-up position. Anyway, a complete absence of any incidents of that kind eventually persuaded them that BCDs were safe. The same thing happened of course when I switched to backplate/wings a few years later! --RexxS (talk) 22:35, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
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