Scuba Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) Set, 5ft Hi-Visibility Reflective Band Open Bottom Safety Sausage with 100ft Alloy Finger Spool Dive Reel and Double-Ended Snap Hook Fits Underwater

Came with ~100' of line.I took the swivel + 15' off the reel & cut.Then I cut 15' extra off for more snap hole space and tied the 15' end back on, colored the knot black for a quick visual at the safety stop. This made it roughly an ~80 to 85' line spool.Finger Spool and Double-Ended Snap look & work great.DSMB looks great, but I found the Velcro straps get in the way of bottom filling @ depth & is not good quality anyway (it's shock cord holds it together well enough) so I cut those off. I removed the big dump-valve knob & just tied a knot in the lanyard. I also cut off the plastic D-Ring @ the top which lets it roll tighter & leaves a tiny sleeve on top to jamb a fishing bobber light stick in if you wanted. I use a VIP Signal Light-safety wired to the top shoulder of my BC webbing so a light stick is not needed on my DSMB.All in all I'm quite impressed for the money!I like it, though some divers don't approve or like bottom fill DSMB's. Whateves!*Disclaimer* - This is how I set my stuff up!If you have or find a better way to do things, you should definitely do that. After all you have to be comfortable using it, not me.

Honestly it’s perfect and easy to use. Has all the features you want and nice curved reel that makes it comfortable as nothing is digging into your hand. Multiple ways to fill it up really couldn’t ask for more

This was an excellent purchase! The SMB itself is a great size, easy to inflate with the open bottom, and has Velcro, a bungee, and a d-ring for securing and attaching things. The finger reel is smooth, and small enough for my hands to deploy and hold onto easily! I stripped off a ton of line and saved it for other projects.

All of this for $60 USD is reasonable.The spool, line, and the clasp were worth keeping, but the important component was not suitable for me.The bouy is too big!I was unable to place it in a BCD pocket. I did not want to have it swinging around on a clip or D-ring, and it requires two hands to operate/deploy and to fold up.There is a drainage port which makes this difficult to store discretely. And the straw is also quite large.Certainly a superior choice to not having a bouy, but I have a tiny, 1-hand-operable, SMB that I'll make work.I'm still searching for a great SMB.

This was a big hit for my son in law, who loves diving! He enthusiastically demonstrated it after opening his presents Christmas morning.

What I love about this device is the color and quality. It matched all my scuba gear and was made very well. Was way better than my old one.

The DSMB functions properly ALTHOUGH the elastic strap (which is necessary to hold the DSMB together while not deploying) broke after the 2nd use. I had high hopes but without the elastic strap this is completely useless. I can NOT recommend this DSMB.

The open ended is a lot easier to deploy than the closed end.

Usefull and well priced.

I was very pleased to find this diving buoy on Amazon at a good price, and also very pleased that it was shipped to me very quickly.

L'élastique de la bobine a brisé lors de la première plongée.

Spool only. Does not come with the SMB.

I wanted a thinner SMB for travelling, less bulky than my standard 5” one. The ad shows it’s to be 2” wide, it arrived and it was actually 5”, same as I had so I returned it.