73diver
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So I dive a SMS 75...Is it okay to do a normal giant stride or is that dangerous at all...
I regularly dive off two different boats with an SMS75 and steel tanks. One boat has no swim platform so there is a 'long leap' from the deck into the water. The other has a swim platform at water surface with a walk through transom. I do a giant stride from either and there are no problems so far. I have not used aluminums; so, I don't know if there would be a significant difference. I am a pretty old guy. I have proven to myself that I can still climb the ladders with two tanks if needed, but I prefer to make things easy and hang my right tank on a line before coming up the ladder.