Guess its now my turn...

tstormdiver · May 6, 2012

Just ordered my sidemount rig (Hollis SMS100) & have 2 LP 85's ready to go out for hydro (my original set of doubles that I just bought back). Then the training begins this summer. Goodness,... what am I getting myself into? :idk:

Let the fun begin

FoxHound · May 6, 2012

and fun it is!

beanojones · May 7, 2012

So are you ordering premade sets of regs or are you going to fight you way through making what you have work?

tstormdiver · May 7, 2012

Probably going to see what I can do with what I have. I have a second set of MK25/S600's for doubles I'm going to try to work with.

Mike2Fst · May 7, 2012

Sidemount is the way to go, have fun with the training

billgraham · May 7, 2012

Since you're a cave diver, go straight to Marianna and have Edd Sorenson give you a sidemount class. You'll save yourself months of headaches.

Nitro91 · May 7, 2012

where you plan to use it?

JamesK · May 7, 2012

Great!!! Good luck with it. I can't wait to get home and work with the kit I have some more. Seems like I am constantly tweaking it. I find something that works well, and then want to try something else. Thank goodness I can dive whenever I want.

scuba127 · May 7, 2012

Reference the SMS 100.... I did an open water sidemount class in this rig....aluminum 80s....and by the second dive I felt pretty good in it. I've got an SMS 50 on pre order for aluminum tanks but was surprised how well it went in the SMS 100 in fairly short order. Going into the class I expected to struggle with trim etc. but, to my surprise, I never felt it necessary to change anything during the class so I like the choice of rigs. Good luck with the class!

tstormdiver · May 7, 2012

billgraham:
Since you're a cave diver, go straight to Marianna and have Edd Sorenson give you a sidemount class. You'll save yourself months of headaches.

I will be training with my cave instructor at this point. That doesn't mean I can't be open minded to other ideas, but I am comfortable with him & his training.

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Nitro91:
where you plan to use it?

There are tighter tunnels in Peacock & Ginnie I would like to explore, that would likely be messy or too tight for BM. I want to start by checking those out in systems I am familiar with, then possibly on to other things.

Guess its now my turn...

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