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Hi all,
Tomorrow I'm getting a second deco bottle, an aluminum 40 cf like my current one. I have 2 questions regarding this as I have never carried 2 before.
First, when carrying two 40s on the left side (Halcyon BP/wings setup) do most folks simply hook the individual clips to your D-rings or do you hook the individual clips to a larger clip which then hooks to the D-ring? This method is shown at http://www.dive-rite.com/resource/stage/10.htm about the middle of the page. The site is basically a Dive-Rite ad but that particular idea looks pretty good to me. Anyone using it?
Secondly, my current deco bottle is dedicated to 100%. Conventional wisdom would say I should dedicate my second one to 50%. EANx 50 can be a little tough to get sometimes. I was thinking of dedicating it to standard NN-II 36% which can always be had.
I ran tables on various dives in my usual range and this gets me out of the water approx 2 minutes after 50% would and still gives me plenty gas to do all my bad time on my stages. Anyone see any reasons this is not a good idea?
Thanks much,
Tom
Tomorrow I'm getting a second deco bottle, an aluminum 40 cf like my current one. I have 2 questions regarding this as I have never carried 2 before.
First, when carrying two 40s on the left side (Halcyon BP/wings setup) do most folks simply hook the individual clips to your D-rings or do you hook the individual clips to a larger clip which then hooks to the D-ring? This method is shown at http://www.dive-rite.com/resource/stage/10.htm about the middle of the page. The site is basically a Dive-Rite ad but that particular idea looks pretty good to me. Anyone using it?
Secondly, my current deco bottle is dedicated to 100%. Conventional wisdom would say I should dedicate my second one to 50%. EANx 50 can be a little tough to get sometimes. I was thinking of dedicating it to standard NN-II 36% which can always be had.
I ran tables on various dives in my usual range and this gets me out of the water approx 2 minutes after 50% would and still gives me plenty gas to do all my bad time on my stages. Anyone see any reasons this is not a good idea?
Thanks much,
Tom