Doubles, Weight and Dry

[rjack321]

All this talk of double 130s is making my back hurt. Is that a standard size doubles set up in some regions? I thought my double 108s was big. Wow.

130s are the same basic dimensions as 108s, the the 3442psi version. The youngsters are all over them nowadays

 

[JeffG]

130s are the same basic dimensions as 108s, the the 3442psi version. The youngsters are all over them nowadays

Darn things almost make you want to go RB's.

 

[ucfdiver]

Darn things almost make you want to go RB's.

Start saving for an RB80 yet?

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

ucf you are talking to yourself if you are in fact trying to talk to me. I no longer see your posts, same as with Jeff. That saves band width and time.

You mentioned cave divers in another post that I can't find. I don't know if that was directed at me, but I will say that I do most of my diving in the ocean, not caves. I've only been a full cave diver for 4 1/2 years now, whereas I have 20 years of diving in the ocean. I have two other ocean rigs, one for single tank and one for doubles, and I do not have ditchable weight on them either.

In fact, I don't wear any lead at all anywhere on me or my rigs. All my rigs are properly balanced with the proper combination of tanks and plates so it isn't necessary. That's why I have three different BP&W setups, one for each type of diving I do. The only time I use a ditchable weight belt is when I break out my recreational BC and it's only because there's no where to rig permanent weight on such a rig, at least not with out investing time which I prefer to spend elsewhere.

I was half kidding and half serious when I said ditchable weight is for beginners. Yes, beginners need ditchable weight so a DM or someone else can save their ass when they panic on the surface the first time they swallow some water. Sorry, if that sounds disrespectful of beginers, I'm just being brutally fank in the interest of time and typing.

However, as an experienced diver that has been tested over the years, I know from experience that you will not see me panic on the surface. Therefore, I don't need ditchable weight. I can get back to the surface and maintain myself there in any sea conditions as necessary. I know, I've had to do it real world.

So I am confident that I don't need any ditchable weight, maybe you do. That's okay, it doesn't make you a bad person, just don't preach to me.

The more I read posts with divers of different experience levels clashing, the more I am really convinced that there needs to be two standards in diving. One for beginners and another for experienced divers that know what they are doing. One day, maybe me or someone else will write some. That would also save instructors from being put in a position of having to exclaim, "Do as I say, not as I do." Until then, please just accept that there is more than one way to skin a cat...

 

[ScubaAndDreams]

I just hope some poor fellow doesn't show up in Hawaii wanting to take a course from me, with the instructor name "nereas" on his prerequisite c-card. I'll probably have to teach them how to clear a mask.

 

[ucfdiver]

I just hope some poor fellow doesn't show up in Hawaii wanting to take a course from me, with the instructor name "nereas" on his prerequisite c-card. I'll probably have to teach them how to clear a mask.

I think nereas posted the other day the easiest way to clear a mask is to take your dive knife and cut a hole in it so the water can drain out.....Sounds about on par with over weighting yourself just to say you have droppable weight, right?

 

[diverbob]

130s are the same basic dimensions as 108s, the the 3442psi version. The youngsters are all over them nowadays

So instead of learning to breath slower, just carry more air? That sure would make gas matching fun with someone diving 95s.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Boxcar Overkill]

Another day in the market place of ideas. Some peoples stock goes up, other people's stock goes down.

The discussion is good either way.

 

[ucfdiver]

So instead of learning to breath slower, just carry more air? That sure would make gas matching fun with someone diving 95s.

Thanks for the info.

That's a pretty big assumption. I use LP108's not because my breathing rate sucks, but because I want to see more cave

 

[diverbob]

That's a pretty big assumption. I use LP108's not because my breathing rate sucks, but because I want to see more cave

I totally understand that. I love my 108s as well. But for me, doubling up 130s seems a bit much.