JustJules
Contributor
Last weekend someone pointed out to me a reg in a LDS with a vertical first stage. The first stage does not protrude toward your head, but up, parallel to the tank.
As a Very Short Person who has trouble sometimes with big tanks, I thought this was an attractive idea. No more putting big holes in the back of my skull when I look up to see what boat is passing overhead next to my dive buoy AGAIN. No more banging the backs of my legs against the bottom of the tank becuase I mounted it low because of the bruise on the back of my skull from the last dive.
I'm just wondering if there's a drawback to this. I mean, regs were built the way they were for a reason. Is there any kind of efficiency or performance hit that these regs take by having their first stage shaped that way?
Curious,
Julie
As a Very Short Person who has trouble sometimes with big tanks, I thought this was an attractive idea. No more putting big holes in the back of my skull when I look up to see what boat is passing overhead next to my dive buoy AGAIN. No more banging the backs of my legs against the bottom of the tank becuase I mounted it low because of the bruise on the back of my skull from the last dive.
I'm just wondering if there's a drawback to this. I mean, regs were built the way they were for a reason. Is there any kind of efficiency or performance hit that these regs take by having their first stage shaped that way?
Curious,
Julie