Hey Luke.
It still amazes me that pony bottles generate such passionate opinions and lengthy threads and BTW welcome to the darkside of redundancy!
Yes, at your number of dives "perfecting" the basics should be paramount but the reality of low viz diving means that you could very well be on your own despite adhearing to the buddy system. We all know that it only takes seconds for even the best of buddy teams to be separated.
So learning to be self reliant with your own redundancy while still working on your basics is reasonable, not that you need our approval. And having an instructor/mentor available to guide you in this process is great.
I think you will find most of us sling. The most common reason I hear to tank mount is to keep that area uncluttered for spearfishing but otherwise I think slinging offers more advantages then tank mount,
As for slinging, I use the system linked by CuzzA. Don't worry about rigging it like sidemount. It would just add a level of complexity given your current BCD. When you get you bpw you can rethink the rigging then.
There really are a ton of threads on SB about ponies and how to use them. I will see if I can find a few others to link too.
Keep us posted on your progress...
It still amazes me that pony bottles generate such passionate opinions and lengthy threads and BTW welcome to the darkside of redundancy!
Yes, at your number of dives "perfecting" the basics should be paramount but the reality of low viz diving means that you could very well be on your own despite adhearing to the buddy system. We all know that it only takes seconds for even the best of buddy teams to be separated.
So learning to be self reliant with your own redundancy while still working on your basics is reasonable, not that you need our approval. And having an instructor/mentor available to guide you in this process is great.
I think you will find most of us sling. The most common reason I hear to tank mount is to keep that area uncluttered for spearfishing but otherwise I think slinging offers more advantages then tank mount,
As for slinging, I use the system linked by CuzzA. Don't worry about rigging it like sidemount. It would just add a level of complexity given your current BCD. When you get you bpw you can rethink the rigging then.
There really are a ton of threads on SB about ponies and how to use them. I will see if I can find a few others to link too.
Keep us posted on your progress...
Last edited: