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I’m a beginning SM diver but it really isn’t that difficult to manipulate valve knobs with them outward.
Oh, and I have my first stages pointing down (right/left valves). It just happened that way. I’m doing OW diving so I don’t have to worry about cave damage.
I’m a beginning SM diver but it really isn’t that difficult to manipulate valve knobs with them outward.
Oh, and I have my first stages pointing down (right/left valves). It just happened that way. I’m doing OW diving so I don’t have to worry about cave damage.
You willl find a lot of people dive with knobs out and 1st stages down, even in the caves. I currently have mine this way, but have also experamented with having knobs pointed downward and 1st stages inboard, clocked at an angle.
I think Brian Kakuk has a good video that shows this configuration. One advantage of this configuration, is that it allows SPGs to point up/inward and sort of rest right between my armpit and clavicle area.
I have a Perdix AI and 2 transmitters with my SPGs bungeed back to first stages. For some reason I’ve not yet figured out, it’s easier for me to get bungees (loop bungees, SMS75) around valve knob with first stages down. Did one dive with first stages up and it was horrible with the bungees.