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Originally posted by WreckWriter
If you feel you need a "pony bottle" I still recommend the aluminum 40 (Luxfer version) , stage rigged, not attached to your back, but filled with the same gas as your main tank(s).
Tom
Originally posted by MikeS
Tom,
What is the reasoning behind a 40 cf pony? Is such a pony to be used as additional air or a bailout? Keeping in mind that additional mass requires more effort to move, isn't 40 cf excessive for a bailout?
Neither, let me restate what bengiddins and WW have said.Originally posted by MikeS
What is the reasoning behind a 40 cf pony? Is such a pony to be used as additional air or a bailout? Keeping in mind that additional mass requires more effort to move, isn't 40 cf excessive for a bailout?