DAN 02 Kits & Safety Sausages

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:22 pm

I talked to the DAN folks at the diver's fair today and they mentioned that I might be able to get a group buy for the dive club on the 02 kits and their new safety sausages. The 02 kits are something that can make the difference between managing a DCS incident and having one be tragic. I have talked to some of you and we've come to the agreement that we should probably have at least some to have on hand. I know that these kits are not cheap ($400-500), but perhaps we can get a good discount from the dive shop.

The new DAN safety sausage kits are awesome. They're huge, have a signaling mirror, light stick and whistle inside and have a metallic paint stripe for visibility at night. The coast guard apparently rescued some divers off of Cozumel who were stranded for 4 hours and out of the 4 sausages they could only see the DAN one (so they say, but hey.. DAN is pretty trustworthy, no?). Anyway, these go for about 50 bucks normally but I think if we buy a number of them together through UWS we can get them for 37 each.

Is anyone interested in putting together a group buy?

bnboly · Post by **bnboly** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:49 pm

I would be interestied in one of the DAN safety kits.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:16 pm

Yo. I'm down for this. 02 is a great thing.

Cuppie · Post by **Cuppie** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:25 pm

i want a big reflective DAN sausage kit thingy!! count me in.

thelawgoddess · Post by **thelawgoddess** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:03 pm

damn, calvin! who doesn't like sausage? :smt038

JDelage · Post by **JDelage** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:00 pm

I'd get a sausage.

Cuppie · Post by **Cuppie** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:49 pm

Im getting a sausage for sure!

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:05 pm

Why do I get the feeling this thread is about to go down a road that has nothing to do with signaling devices?!

I'll bring mine to the gas management seminar for all to see. It's got a lot of great features - oral and LP hose inflation, lift bag type inflation (can have air blown in from the bottom, it's extra wide (about 5"), has lots of reflective markings on it including a huge reflective stripe down the back, and has lots of ways to clip/attach/rig it in many different ways. It also can double as a light-weight (I think they said 30#?) lift bag. The only negative thing I can see is that it's a bit wider when rolled up than I would have hoped... but that's a small price to pay for such a versitle piece of gear.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:14 pm

Mmmmm... sausage!!

I'm in!

Hey Sounder, you ought to try and return your kit. I'm sure you could come up with a good story! Hey, maybe even tell them the truth!

thelawgoddess · Post by **thelawgoddess** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:15 pm

lol; yeah ... the last thing actually works pretty well sometimes.

diver-dad · Post by **diver-dad** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:14 pm

Count me in for the DAN sausage kit - prob two, in fact (one for my better half).

Thanks!

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:56 pm

I am in the market for a new safety sausage so I am glad I found this. Do you happen to have an online link to the kit? I'm looking to replace the one I currently use with something of higher quality. I think it is worth an extra few bucks to get something really well made which I would assume the DAN is. I'm in

thelawgoddess · Post by **thelawgoddess** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:37 am

i'm thinking it's here. :-)

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:00 am

Count me in for at least one sausage or maybe two at that price. I hope you can get them at that price.

Aquanautchuck · Post by **Aquanautchuck** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:06 pm

Calvin, have you talked to Mike at Hoodsport Dive, He was selling O2kits to instructors and dm's a couple of years ago for like $250. It is complete and is the one I carry on my Zodiac. You might talk to them.

Charles

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:52 pm

that sounds great. Do you know how to get in touch with him via email?

RSdancey · Post by **RSdancey** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:18 am

I've got one of those rigs, but have yet to find a good option for getting it filled.

Zen Diver v1 · Post by **Zen Diver v1** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:38 am

Northwest Sports Divers and TL Sea both fill medical/DAN O2 bottles, and probably 5th D in Issaquah (but don't quote me).

-Valerie

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:49 am

So, I can't show up and say "Valerie says you fill medical grade O2. Well, whaddya have to say 'bout that?!" *followed by an angry stare*

Aquanautchuck · Post by **Aquanautchuck** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:55 am

Calvin Tang wrote:that sounds great. Do you know how to get in touch with him via email?

I think it is hsd(at)hctc(dot)com Here is their web site. http://www.hoodsportndive.com/

I get mine refilled at local air-gas co. I had to get a O2 prescription from my doctor for them.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:47 am

Thanks for the info Chuck. I sent off an email to him. Also, I edited the email address in your post so it doesn't get picked up by the spam bots.

Calvin

thelawgoddess · Post by **thelawgoddess** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:27 am

you can check with the nice folks at northwest sports divers in kenmore by emailing info(at)nwsportsdivers(dot)com ...

Aquanautchuck · Post by **Aquanautchuck** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:48 pm

Thanks Calvin.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:52 pm

Calvin what kind of sausage are you offering, oh I see the DAN kind, count me in. Are they the 55Lb lift bag/sausage ones or what.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:55 pm

Maverick, Dan has a 55lb sausage for you to take anytime, all you have to do is *insert inappropriate mental image here*