Halcyon TRAVELER, Owner'S Manual

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WARNING: Your Buoyancy Compensator (BC) is NOT a lifejacket; it does not guarantee a
head-up position of the wearer at the surface. It does not meet U.S. Coast Guard regula-
tions for a life preserver or personal floation device (PFD). If you become unconscious
in the water without a buddy present to immediately assist you, you may suffer serious
injury or death from drowning.
This product is used only for buoyancy management of certified scuba divers, all other uses are excluded. Your
buoyancy compensator is primarily designed to help you maintain neutral buoyancy while in a comfortably balanced,
face-down swimming position underwater. It is also designed to provide you with flotation so that you can rest on the
surface, but it is not designed to function as a life preserver or personal flotation device (PFD). In order to meet U.S.
Coast Guard regulations, a PFD must be designed so that it automatically directs you to a face-up position and holds
your head out of the water on the surface. The design characteristics of a personal flotation device are therefore
different from those of a buoyancy compensator. The ability of any flotation device to float you in a face-up position
can also be affected by other diving equipment you wear, including a cylinder or exposure suit, and whether it can be
inflated before you lose consciousness.
For this reason, it is important to always dive with a buddy, and maintain close proximity with them at all times. Do
not depend on any flotation device to hold your face above the surface in the event that you are rendered uncon-
scious in the water while diving.
WARNING: While this manual provides some basic guidelines for certain buoyancy control
techniques, it is not a substitute for training from an active teaching status, professional
diving instructor. Failure to weight yourself properly may create a hazardous condition
that could lead to serious injury or death. If you are unsure how to weight yourself in order
to achieve optimum buoyancy underwater and on the surface, do not dive until you have
obtained the necessary instruction from your diving instructor or an authorized Halcyon
Dealer.
If you have any questions regarding your Buoyancy Compensator or these instructions, contact your Halcyon Dealer
or Halcyon directly at: (386) 454-0811.
This product is designed to last for 5 years after the date of manufacturing under normal use and conditions. Dispos-
al should be conducted in alignment with local authorities.
Halcyon Manufacturing Inc., 24587 NW 178th Place, High Springs, Florida, 32643, USA declare that a sample of the
product listed above has been tested for CE marking according to:
Regulation: EU 2016/425
Report Date of Issue: 09-Mar-2018
Standards: EN 1809:2014+A1:2016
The test reports show that the product fulfills the requirement in the EU Regulation, BP 601 38034 001.
In addition we confirm compliance with legal requirements for harmful substances in Germany (e.g. ban of PCP, Chro-
mium-V I) and that requirements for polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) to AfPS GS 2014:01 PAK are also met. The
manufacturer confirms that the PPE is made from materials which do not affect the health or hygiene of the user. We
also confirm that the PPE is made of materials that under foreseeable conditions of normal use or by degradation
do not release substances generally known to be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, allergenic, toxic to reproduction or
otherwise harmful.
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