shark shield
Submitted by shinboner 11 on Fri, 2017-02-03 12:12
bought a freedom 7 been diving dozen times just wondering if anyone had any close encounters and what was the reaction from the shark mate rekons shields are a waste of money but i would rather have one on for a piece of mind......
bsir
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Date Joined: 24/04/11
I use one
I havent seen any sharks, socant comment on how effective it is.
I guess id rather have it than have nothing....plus its good to swim over top of your dive buddy every so often to wake them up.
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Date Joined: 07/01/15
Me and my mate practice this
Me and my mate practice this regularly. I have a technique when diving for prawns I call bombing.
My mate is notsituationally aware, hence Karma weighs heavily
Ant1derooster
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Date Joined: 13/09/16
Works for me
I only ever turn it on when i have a pesky bronzie/hammer head or tiger trying to get my fish while im spearing.
I hang it from my float where my fish are to stop the taxman taking his share.
I have tested it multiple times with the shield swithed off (shark comes withing 1-2m) and the shark shield on (they intantely turn away and rarely come back).
I have my doubts if it would stop a 3m white coming at me full throttle.
Darren253
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Date Joined: 23/07/16
I've had a decent bronzie
I've had a decent bronzie check me out at coral bay and I switched it on as it approached and it gave me a 5m wide birth in the shape of a arch and kept going along his way.
I like to think it was the shark shield that caused it, but as ant1 said, I'm not so sure about a full throttle attack... White or even that bull from the video in Queensland a few weeks ago.
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I had some very close
I had some very close experiences before christmas. Spot i was diving never seen a shark. Heard of sharks at said spot but never seen them.
Saw 1 around 2m, it did the usual slow swim across back and forth stayed at the range that 'Shark Shield' say
Dived some time later and saw another model a tad bigger who seemed more inquisitive. Came in for a look and dashed away when got within similar range.
Shark shield aside, a few people have said if you see a shark to keep your eyes on them if they are of decent size. If they get highly interested, initiate your leave plan to cease diving
TF in DZ
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Date Joined: 06/01/17
For Scuba Diving
I am getting into the diving is there any pros/cons to using the Scuba7 vs a Freedom7 the scuba model has more range from what i look up but more to it as well to stuff around with.