bkotheimer
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Thanks for the pictures, ScubaInChicago. Those are really helpful. Also the invitation to PM for more. Nice to find Hogarthian(ish?) configs favored by video guys, and I'd like to learn more.
James (fdog), a thoughtful reply.... Mine is a pretty compact video rig, no strobe arms or anything. I like to keep things streamlined, and that's why I want to get rid of the octo. That thing drives me crazy -- no good place to stow the hose on a BP/W setup, so it's just looping off my left side, and then I just have this big yellow reg hanging off my right chest D-ring. I try to tuck the hose under my arm, but it always works its way out. Yuck! Plus, the short hose to the primary just does this huge halo back to the 1st stage. Whether it's for looks, less drag, proper trim or keeping it off the reef and out of the kelp, for whatever reason, I want a nicely-dressed rig. And I think the arguments for being prepared to donate the primary (which you may end up doing anyway) are good ones.
[That said, I do plan to use an octo-inflator as my backup, not a bungied second. With a shoulder dump. Please, Air2-bashers, don't hijack my topic. There are hundreds of threads out there already on this. Doesn't matter - long hose with an Airsource/Airlink (with shoulder dump) or long hose with bungied backup. Same concept.]
I guess I will have to learn to function without the "bungee-pod" stabilizing system, but that's a whole different issue...
James (fdog), a thoughtful reply.... Mine is a pretty compact video rig, no strobe arms or anything. I like to keep things streamlined, and that's why I want to get rid of the octo. That thing drives me crazy -- no good place to stow the hose on a BP/W setup, so it's just looping off my left side, and then I just have this big yellow reg hanging off my right chest D-ring. I try to tuck the hose under my arm, but it always works its way out. Yuck! Plus, the short hose to the primary just does this huge halo back to the 1st stage. Whether it's for looks, less drag, proper trim or keeping it off the reef and out of the kelp, for whatever reason, I want a nicely-dressed rig. And I think the arguments for being prepared to donate the primary (which you may end up doing anyway) are good ones.
[That said, I do plan to use an octo-inflator as my backup, not a bungied second. With a shoulder dump. Please, Air2-bashers, don't hijack my topic. There are hundreds of threads out there already on this. Doesn't matter - long hose with an Airsource/Airlink (with shoulder dump) or long hose with bungied backup. Same concept.]
I guess I will have to learn to function without the "bungee-pod" stabilizing system, but that's a whole different issue...
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