sidemount gear recommendations?

[cwattendorf]

New to sidemount and looking at gear options any recommendations on bcd, regs, tanks, etc? I dive pnw cold water mainly but would like a setup the will work most places.

 

[Thrutch]

Mostly a cold water diver here, too (frequently down to 39F). My typical setup is the xdeep stealth with a pair of faber hp100s and deep 6 regs on each. I most jump into Lake Tahoe, though I frequently drive to the Monterey area, and I wear a drysuit year round. I recently used the same setup in MX (AL80s and with a thinner undergarment, no gloves or hood) for cave training, and it was great.

 

[Must_dash]

Also pretty new to SM. Apeks 25, and Apex XTX50s on DSTs. Steel 7s or Alu 10 and drysuit.

 

[MichaelMc]

LP50 are great for beach entry (or boat). I like my xdeep stealth tec, deep 6 and XStream. I dive Monterey (though not in a while).

 

[grantctobin]

New to sidemount and looking at gear options any recommendations on bcd, regs, tanks, etc? I dive pnw cold water mainly but would like a setup the will work most places.

AL80, LP85, HP100
XDeep Rec, Tec, Hollis K2, maybe a Razor if you’re feeling masochistic
Any reg with a 5th port, ideally diaphragm, will do

I’d ask why you’re keen on sidemount to begin with and what the eventual goal is, but the above will carry you through most anything.

 

[lostsheep]

Deleting my response, OPs posts are odd…

 

[Thrutch]

LP50 are great for beach entry (or boat).

Love my LP50s for shorter/shallow dives. I'm finally getting the chance to bring them on a liveaboard in June, which is why I got them in the first place (wrestling with dual HP100s on a liveaboard is rough, not to mention overkill for hour-long dives). Very exciting.

 

[NYCrecdiver]

Relatively new to SM also. I dive the xDeep stealth tec. I was told that LP85s are wonderful to dive SM in cold water so that's what I got. Shops fill them to 3000 psi so that's a lot of gas. DiveRite XT1/XT4 regulators. So far, so good.

 

[Sea_Jay]

AL80, LP85, HP100
XDeep Rec, Tec, Hollis K2, maybe a Razor if you’re feeling masochistic
Any reg with a 5th port, ideally diaphragm, will do

I’d ask why you’re keen on sidemount to begin with and what the eventual goal is, but the above will carry you through most anything.

Maybe a Razor if you're feeling masochistic LOL

 

[grantmac]

Xdeep Tec and HP100s work well in the cold for me.
Classic also works but it's struggling a little at the start.