OldNSalty
Contributor
I am thinking about redundancy and such and have considered getting a pony bottle. I went into a LDS and was looking at some new gear and asked about it. Well the guy doesn't have pony bottles in stock (not at the size I was looking for) and told me I should just buy a larger tank.
Here was his thinking (besides selling what he had in stock); If your reg malfunctions then it will have to break in the open position and you have free flow. He then asked the obvious 'You do know you can still breath on a free flowing reg don't you?'
OK, I get his point but I still don't think it is as best as having a completely seperate setup but I wanted to hear back from people who may know better then me.
Just the FYI part as it may be important. I currently dive Al80's, warm water only (gulf coast of the USA or further south) with a typical dive between 40ish and 80ish feet. I was thinking a small 13 would be enough to get me from max bottom of 80 to surface with a short safety stop.
I am not sure I buy the bigger tank theory (moving up to a 100) as I am not sure how quickly the air could escape. If I am at the end of my dive and something goes wrong would I still have enough air to make a safety stop?
Thoughts?
Here was his thinking (besides selling what he had in stock); If your reg malfunctions then it will have to break in the open position and you have free flow. He then asked the obvious 'You do know you can still breath on a free flowing reg don't you?'
OK, I get his point but I still don't think it is as best as having a completely seperate setup but I wanted to hear back from people who may know better then me.
Just the FYI part as it may be important. I currently dive Al80's, warm water only (gulf coast of the USA or further south) with a typical dive between 40ish and 80ish feet. I was thinking a small 13 would be enough to get me from max bottom of 80 to surface with a short safety stop.
I am not sure I buy the bigger tank theory (moving up to a 100) as I am not sure how quickly the air could escape. If I am at the end of my dive and something goes wrong would I still have enough air to make a safety stop?
Thoughts?