I've dived HP100 doubles with a 5mm suit. No extra led. I carry both a lift bag and DSMB to use for redundant buoyancy in an emergency. I've also considered stacking two separate wings, but haven't gone that route in the past.
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I've dived HP100 doubles with a 5mm suit. No extra led. I carry both a lift bag and DSMB to use for redundant buoyancy in an emergency. I've also considered stacking two separate wings, but haven't gone that route in the past.
My standard is a dry suit with steel doubles (redundancy), but have used a wet suit in warmer (70+) water. Always have 2 lift bags, and a couple a time a year practice using a bag (with dump) as the primary buoyancy during an ascent. You don't want to do something for the first time during an emergency (Wing failure)
What????? you should never plan a dive with your dry suit as a redundant buoyancy source!!!
Yes. I dive (at times) double HP100s, double HP120s, and double HP130s, with a 3mm wetsuit (and an AL BP).... does anyone here dive wet with double steel tanks?
I imagine you will still need to add weight to that rig, considering the neoprene and the TransPac. Therefore you should have ditchable weight, after you have properly weighted yourself, particularly if you dive salt water.I wear a 7/7 farmer john, with a transpack and want to get HP100's.
I suspect you could easily do that.If all my lead was ditch able, could I swim up double HP100's if my wing failed?
Yes to all. If you plan to dive double steel tanks in a wetsuit, it wouldn't hurt to have a dual bladder wing (or plan to use two single bladder wings back-to-back), although with double 100s and 7mm of neoprene and a TransPac, I suspect you would be able to get to the surface without even needing your BCD. I don't think the dual bladder adds significantly to complexity or task loading. In an emergency, if you simply can't get to the surface, having a SMB or lift bag as a tertiary back-up is not a bad thing either. I very much agree with the 'learn to use a redundant flotation device' advice from DD.dumpsterdiver:I would do one or more of the following: dual bladder BC, splitting the lead into a ditchable and non-ditchable component ..., or carry and learn to use a redundant floation device like a large DAN smb which has a pull dump and could be ridden to the surface in an emergency.
I've dived HP100 doubles with a 5mm suit. No extra led. I carry both a lift bag and DSMB to use for redundant buoyancy in an emergency.
Just wondering about diving a pair of steel tanks while in a wet suit. I know its usual to use a dry suit for the redundant buoyancy in case of BC failure, but does anyone here dive wet with double steel tanks? I wear a 7/7 farmer john, with a transpack and want to get HP100's. If all my lead was ditch able, could I swim up double HP100's if my wing failed? Thanks!
Just wondering about diving a pair of steel tanks while in a wet suit. I know its usual to use a dry suit for the redundant buoyancy in case of BC failure, but does anyone here dive wet with double steel tanks? I wear a 7/7 farmer john, with a transpack and want to get HP100's. If all my lead was ditch able, could I swim up double HP100's if my wing failed? Thanks!