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The MC System
Halcyon's Multifunction Compensator is a complete "doing it right" kit for every diving application. The MC's modular design allows you to modify your set-up to fit your dive. A complete MC includes a buoyancy wing and selections from the following list appropriate to local dive conditions:

 

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Halcyon Alternate Lift Devices

MC Lift Devices

Lift devices are essential tools for all diving activities ranging from recreational drift and salvage diving to signaling and emergency flotation. Yet another unique Halcyon feature includes the flexible manner in which a variety of lift devices can be integrated into the Halcyon MC system, emphasizing diver safety and comfort. Halcyon's Supra® closed circuit lift bag, Surf Shuttle®, and/or Diver Alert Markers belong on every drift, shore or wreck dive.

These devices are essential as diving tools or life support devices and can each be used separately, or seamlessly integrated into the Halcyon MC system. All innovative Halcyon lift devices make excellent signaling devices on the surface and can be utilized as supplemental flotation devices at depth.

The Diver's Life Raft® and Surf Shuttle® are essential safety devices for any dive where currents or distance could create a life-threatening separation from the dive boat.

From Cozumel to the Great Barrier Reef, divers are at great risk should they become separated from their dive boat. Including an alternative lift device like the Halcyon Diver's Life Raft is true life insurance for the DIR ocean diver.

Halcyon lift devices are designed for minimum storage size and maximum efficiency. Store your alternative lift device in a MC Storage Pak, in a thigh pocket, or on a rear D-ring. Transparent to the diver while stored, but easily deployed should the need arise.

  • No more imprecise, inconvenient, or risky inflation with a diver's regulator
  • Inflatable at any depth, each device can function as redundant buoyancy
  • Inflate by disconnecting BC or dry suit low pressure hose and inserting No-Lock® connector with fitting of inflatable device, or add a second low pressure hose to your regulator's first stage
  • Orally inflatable in the event that a diver's supply gas is depleted

Halcyon Surf Shuttle

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DIR Tip 18
Although you might be tempted to use your buoyancy compensator to help you lift small objects from depth, doing so can be a very dangerous practice. For example, you might be tempted to recover a buddy's lost weight belt from the bottom using only the lift in your BC. The danger arises when you loose your grip on the object being lifted, especially within 15 feet of the surface. That additional twenty plus pounds of air in the BC will continue to carry the you too rapidly to the surface-- with potentially serious consequences. You should always use an alternate lift device, such as a lift bag, for bringing any object up from depth.

DIR Tips courtesy of Global Underwater Explorers

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