Last night I went to one of the local shops here in the Minneapolis Metro area in anticipation of renting a regulator for use (yes, I do intend to buy my own soon, but wanted to rent another brand to try for the weekend). I was pulled up short by the dive shop only having as rental gear, and only selling, integrated Octos with bouyancy inflators. Obviously I don't wantt to rent from them as I own my own BC abd I wont have the proper set up and would not have a spare air source for an in-danger buddy.
This pushes up the nessecity of purchasing my own regs if I can't find another local source to get the "old" set up.
What are people's opinions on the dual inflator/octo??
All I kept hearing last night was, "well it is streamlined" but not anything on the ease of use
Having never used one myself, did you naturally remember where your 2nd reg was if you needed it? or do you have to remind yourself the first few times out?
thanks -Starfish
This pushes up the nessecity of purchasing my own regs if I can't find another local source to get the "old" set up.
What are people's opinions on the dual inflator/octo??
All I kept hearing last night was, "well it is streamlined" but not anything on the ease of use
Having never used one myself, did you naturally remember where your 2nd reg was if you needed it? or do you have to remind yourself the first few times out?
thanks -Starfish