scuba127
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Question on regs for side mount: Do regs with rotary turrets on the first stage help alot with hose routing or is this feature just nice to have? Thanks in advance.
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Question on regs for side mount: Do regs with rotary turrets on the first stage help alot with hose routing or is this feature just nice to have? Thanks in advance.
In your experience, do you find these regs much easier for cave diving?Yep, the rotating turrets make a huge difference. If you use first stages that have all the LP ports in say, a square pattern, like is good for a BM doubles setup, it will make the hose routing on sidemount irritating. Just MHO...
Yep, the rotating turrets make a huge difference. If you use first stages that have all the LP ports in say, a square pattern, like is good for a BM doubles setup, it will make the hose routing on sidemount irritating. Just MHO...
I figured as much. Just as someone who's new to sidemount, I like to know how much experience the person suggesting ideas has before adopting them. Part of the reason why I PM people I know rather than post on public boards for advice...He's not a cave diver, James.
I don't see much of a difference either way. I use Aqualung Legends as my sidemount regs and my hoses are streamlined and have never posed any issues, even in some of the small passages I've gotten stuck in. And that's over 300 dives in sidemount with those regs.