Scuba_Vixen
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How Many Scuba dive by them selfs
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cornfed once bubbled...
..if you were to fold the hose over like a garden hose to kink it, if it didn't stop it , it would at least slow it down a good bit. There's no way it couldn't. I've never had my reg freeze up on me, so I can only speculate, but with a rupture it would depend on the size and placement of the rupture. I've seen it done.
I can't imagine why it wouldn't work with a freeflow due to freeze up just the same. If the pressure were so high that I couldn't crimp the hose, then that hose would have to be almost rigid from the pressure. When my reg hose is pressurized, it's still pliable and I'm able to bend and twist it around in my hands. If the pressure is low enough for me to do that, I don't see why I couldn't force the hose into a crimp with my hands to stop or at least dramatically slow the freeflow. I'd go try it out by pressing the purge on my setup and trying to crimp the hose, but I'm not dying to pinch my reg hose...that can't be good for it...maybe the next time I dive with someone with a rental, I do a little experiment.
..if you were to fold the hose over like a garden hose to kink it, if it didn't stop it , it would at least slow it down a good bit. There's no way it couldn't. I've never had my reg freeze up on me, so I can only speculate, but with a rupture it would depend on the size and placement of the rupture. I've seen it done.
I can't imagine why it wouldn't work with a freeflow due to freeze up just the same. If the pressure were so high that I couldn't crimp the hose, then that hose would have to be almost rigid from the pressure. When my reg hose is pressurized, it's still pliable and I'm able to bend and twist it around in my hands. If the pressure is low enough for me to do that, I don't see why I couldn't force the hose into a crimp with my hands to stop or at least dramatically slow the freeflow. I'd go try it out by pressing the purge on my setup and trying to crimp the hose, but I'm not dying to pinch my reg hose...that can't be good for it...maybe the next time I dive with someone with a rental, I do a little experiment.
Karl_in_Calif
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It would be easier if you slung that pony.
James connell
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Damn!!! when you said you had your flame proof undies on, i thought..........
Cornfed- thanks for the clarification on the first, I agree with you then.
Still disagree on the second- I rarely accept a pickup buddy, but on some boats you are required to if you are not already buddied up. I've had it happen a number of times when my regular buddies couldn't take a trip I needed to make for my work. It also happens every time I do extended backpacking/dive travel internationally since I also travel solo (although not always by preference... not many can take 2-3 month "vacations").
Dr. Bill
Still disagree on the second- I rarely accept a pickup buddy, but on some boats you are required to if you are not already buddied up. I've had it happen a number of times when my regular buddies couldn't take a trip I needed to make for my work. It also happens every time I do extended backpacking/dive travel internationally since I also travel solo (although not always by preference... not many can take 2-3 month "vacations").
Dr. Bill
cornfed
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We're talking about pressures around 150 psi. Being able to bend the hose and kink it are two different issues.
I'd go try it out by pressing the purge on my setup and trying to crimp the hose, but I'm not dying to pinch my reg hose...that can't be good for it...maybe the next time I dive with someone with a rental, I do a little experiment.
I have a spare hose but alas no tank...
zeN||
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Spare Air is good gear if you think you will be doing solo diving, or better yet a small pony with a redundant set of regs, whether you solo is your business, you'll be encountering an unknown environment everytime you dive a new site, so emergency backup should be the order of the day zeN||
Scuba_Vixen
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But in this case, it's not too practical, it needs to be in the bracket to position the backup reg like on my doubles, and to connect the backup bladder inflator..... It's also nice to have the area in front and along sides of me uncluttered. It also makes it easier to sling a 20' O2 bottle if I expect to be down a while and/or want to cut my deco (ooops, I mean "specialised ascent techniques" ) by 50% or more.
Darlene
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JHAM
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I would consider a spare air good for only shallow depths. A much better solution is a pony bottle.
Let's face it 1.3 FT^3 of air isn't going to last long. It will get you to the surface from most depths but I hope your not planning on doing any deco stops.
Conversly, if you are diving with a buddy a spare air is about perfect to use while you get to your buddy. If you have a spare air you can then signal to buddy breath in a calm collected mannor in lieu of a oxygen starved panic.
Let's face it 1.3 FT^3 of air isn't going to last long. It will get you to the surface from most depths but I hope your not planning on doing any deco stops.
Conversly, if you are diving with a buddy a spare air is about perfect to use while you get to your buddy. If you have a spare air you can then signal to buddy breath in a calm collected mannor in lieu of a oxygen starved panic.
James connell
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backup bladder inflator!?!?!
isn't that what beer is for?
so now you have 2 of the most common failure points. you obviously stage mount the o2 - travel gas under one arm, 02 under the other. what do you go to if you suffer a catastoric loss of back gass? travel mix - bailout's the same.
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