(funky music) - Hello, guys, welcome to
this new AOS Edu episode five. So, today we're gonna talk
about how to set up a SMB, deployable SMB with your
reel or spool, finger spool. So there are a few different
options when it comes to reels, you might get like different
ones like these two here. Now, this one is already
pretty much good to setup. So it's pretty much ready to go. And it's got also the
space here, that allows you to put the bolt snap through,
so you can clip it like that. But sometimes you get
something like this one here, that after you kind of remove
the bolt snap from the reel, you get this sort of situation,
where there is no space here in the holes, to kind
of clip that through. So I've seen some people
basically using it like this and then just clip in like that. Which kind of will work,
but it's not ideal, okay So I'm gonna share a
different way to do this, which is very, very simple and effective. So the first thing we do is, this is a 30 metres finger spool, okay? So, obviously when it comes to SMBs, you don't really need 30 metres, so you can remove most of this line. The reason why they
give it to you this much is because you can use
it for different reason, like for break, penetration,
and other stuff, but you can still use it, technically, this reel for other purposes. But the best thing we could
do when it comes to an SMB is to just take off some of the line, and just kinda go ahead and
just remove some of this until I can see some room
for my bolt snap to clip on. I'm probably removing, I think,
about 10 metres out of 30. As you can see now, this can
clip on, so this will be done. I'm just gonna cut it there. And then you're gonna have
this sort of situation, yeah? When you have just the reel and the end of the line like this. So what we're gonna do
is we're gonna go ahead and create a loop like this. You don't want it to be too big, all you have to do is
basically make sure that your reel can go through the loop. So in this case, there is
plenty of room for that. So that's fine. And go a bit less like this. Now, after you're done,
and created a loop, like this one here, just
go ahead with a knot, just a simple knot like that. So go through, and just pull the line and this will be done, okay, like that. Now, one thing that most of people miss is they cut the end and then
they leave it like that. Now, this is dangerous because
the knot can come undone, and so you might be losing
this when you're underwater. So what you wanna do is, just
burn the end with the lighter, so just burn it like that,
and then wait til the flame reaches the knot, and
then use just the bottom of the lighter to just
basically glue it together. So now this knot will
not come undone at all, it will just kind of
stay like that forever. So, our first loop is done. What we're gonna do is
create another small loop just here at the top, okay? So just stretch the line like that and then create a small loop
like this one here, okay, so you're gonna have
this sort of situation. You can also use your bolt
snap to just pull it like that. So that is it. So that's pretty much
done, we're almost done. Next thing we're gonna do
is when you have your SMB, usually SMBs have a sort of D-ring,
or a ring, like that one here. So you're gonna put the line through and then make sure the finger reel goes through the bigger
hole that you have there in the loop, in the big loop. And then it's gonna be attached, okay? The reason why we did
this small loop at the top is so that if you have to undo this, you can just grab it very
easily, and just go back to having just your SMB and
your reel separate, okay? And also it's very useful if
you're wearing thick gloves, so like a three mm glove, or even a five, in extreme cold waters, that will make it very hard to easily grab the knot. In this case, it's just super easy, because just do this and then
it's easy to just remove it. Okay, next thing is just,
roll it back like that. Grab your bolt snap, put
it through like that, and then once you've done this, you just clip in one of the holes, and it's basically good to go. And then you use this other
end to just clip it on your BC, or anywhere, really,
you have to clip it on. Another good thing is
once you deploy your SMB, so when you deploy, obviously, so that's what you'll be doing, so you just clip like that, yeah, onto your BC, so you just remove it, put this back on the D ring of the BCD, open your SMB, inflate it,
it will go all the way up. So once you've released
it and it's all up, you wanna go up, the way you do it is you just grab, again,
your double bolt snap, and basically to reel it
back, you just go like this. You actually use the
bolt snap to go slowly, slowly up while you're ascending, okay? Once you've reached the, for example, the five metres, or three
metres, whatever it is you're stopping for your safety stop, you can just then clip
it in one of the holes and it will just stay, okay? And then you would just keep going all the way until the
end, and then do exactly the same thing I show you before, go through the hole, and
it will be done, okay? So this is just, like, a way to it, if you have this kind of reel. If you buy a reel like this Apex one, then obviously, you don't need to do this, it's already set up to be
attached to the D ring. The most common reel that you're
gonna find in diving shops all around the world is
gonna be this kind of type, which is just a basic finger reel one. Alright, please like, comment below, and make sure that you
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write it in the comment, and we'll do one tomorrow
and the next coming up days. See you guys, and have a good day. (funky music)
