Victor,
I'm happy that you're happy with your system. I'm
actually not trying to get you to switch or sell you one. And it's great that you got a deal on one. But their website shows the SMS100 to be the same price as the Stealth...without the mods.
Cave Adventurers - Hollis SMS100 - Marianna, Florida USA - Never Undersold!
I am aware of the politics in Mexico as I've met most of the major players. Not a lot different from
the politics in the Florida cave community or any other community with a bunch of guys full of testosterone. But I'm not aware of any of the major sidemount guys switching to GUE. I know Patrick took a GUE course for interest. So did Jason. But they're both still teaching sidemount in the Stealth. And I think the main reason why they all switched to the Stealth and Razor from the Nomad is because they work better for their environment. But I think it's a great disservice to downplay the exploration that they do and the environment that they're in as "warm water shallow caves". It's pretty challenging stuff!
And I've seen enough people with their "big" rigs bashing the crap out of the caves down there.
I'm not trying to trash your rig or the way that you dive. I'm just defending the way that I dive and when people say I can't do something with my Stealth that I've been doing for quite a while. I've formed my opinion after having owned and tried both styles of systems. Not from reading the internet or watching how someone else is doing it (who might not actually be doing it properly).
I'm happy that you're happy with your system. I'm
actually not trying to get you to switch or sell you one. And it's great that you got a deal on one. But their website shows the SMS100 to be the same price as the Stealth...without the mods.
Cave Adventurers - Hollis SMS100 - Marianna, Florida USA - Never Undersold!
I am aware of the politics in Mexico as I've met most of the major players. Not a lot different from
the politics in the Florida cave community or any other community with a bunch of guys full of testosterone. But I'm not aware of any of the major sidemount guys switching to GUE. I know Patrick took a GUE course for interest. So did Jason. But they're both still teaching sidemount in the Stealth. And I think the main reason why they all switched to the Stealth and Razor from the Nomad is because they work better for their environment. But I think it's a great disservice to downplay the exploration that they do and the environment that they're in as "warm water shallow caves". It's pretty challenging stuff!
And I've seen enough people with their "big" rigs bashing the crap out of the caves down there.
I'm not trying to trash your rig or the way that you dive. I'm just defending the way that I dive and when people say I can't do something with my Stealth that I've been doing for quite a while. I've formed my opinion after having owned and tried both styles of systems. Not from reading the internet or watching how someone else is doing it (who might not actually be doing it properly).