Holy hog!

[JamesK]

oh, they don't have to hang down like that. you tilt the reg so they're laying across your chest. once i've gotten them right, i've never had them drag or catch.

Exact-a-mundo!

 

[Aquabot]

Ah that makes sense I didnt even think about just truning the 1st stage:bonk:

 

[rjack321]

What system do you use rjack?
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I tried a Razor here locally in the PNW with (steel) hp100s and again in FL with lp85s. They hang low something fierce and if you look at the way the neck bungies are done its clear that the tanks can never be up higher than the bottom of the chest Drings. Soooo... I borrowed an Edd Sorenson (Cave Adventures in Marianna) modified Hollis SMS 100. It fit great and got the tanks onto my actual sides. So I bought one.

 

[Aquabot]

I tried a Razor here locally in the PNW with (steel) hp100s and again in FL with lp85s. They hang low something fierce and if you look at the way the neck bungies are done its clear that the tanks can never be up higher than the bottom of the chest Drings. Soooo... I borrowed an Edd Sorenson (Cave Adventures in Marianna) modified Hollis SMS 100. It fit great and got the tanks onto my actual sides. So I bought one.

Thats interesting, I havent read anything like that about the Razor so thank you for bringing that into a point of view. I have taken a look at the Hollis and even from the start it didnt lookt that appealing to me so I never took a second look at it.

 

[rjack321]

Thats interesting, I havent read anything like that about the Razor so thank you for bringing that into a point of view. I have taken a look at the Hollis and even from the start it didnt lookt that appealing to me so I never took a second look at it.

What is your instructor diving and is he or she a cave diver? Most of the people I know diving SM are cave divers and they are all using Nomads, the sms100 Hollis, or the JT. Only 1 is using a Razor and he is not using it in FL, only in MX with AL80s.

 

[Aquabot]

What is your instructor diving and is he or she a cave diver? Most of the people I know diving SM are cave divers and they are all using Nomads, the sms100 Hollis, or the JT. Only 1 is using a Razor and he is not using it in FL, only in MX with AL80s.

No instuctor yet, I want to finnish upgrading my regs first. I dont see the point in paying for a class if I dont have the majority of the gear (Why train in someones elses gear that may be different from what I get, when I can learn and practice in my own). But as far I know there is only one place down here close to Naples that even has the sidemount course so my options are limited there.

 

[JamesK]

What is your instructor diving and is he or she a cave diver? Most of the people I know diving SM are cave divers and they are all using Nomads, the sms100 Hollis, or the JT. Only 1 is using a Razor and he is not using it in FL, only in MX with AL80s.

i don't use any of those! lol

No instuctor yet, I want to finnish upgrading my regs first. I dont see the point in paying for a class if I dont have the majority of the gear (Why train in someones elses gear that may be different from what I get, when I can learn and practice in my own). But as far I know there is only one place down here close to Naples that even has the sidemount course so my options are limited there.

You might want to consider traveling up to High Springs and getting a SM class from one of the guys up there. I know some real good ones I can recommend to you.

 

[Aquabot]

i don't use any of those! lol




You might want to consider traveling up to High Springs and getting a SM class from one of the guys up there. I know some real good ones I can recommend to you.

Who would you recomend, and hopefully this is a course I could complete in a weekend. Got to work during the week to afford this habbit lol.

 

[rjack321]

i don't use any of those! lol.

LOL apart for FB I don't think we know each other

You might want to consider traveling up to High Springs and getting a SM class from one of the guys up there. I know some real good ones I can recommend to you.

Agree on traveling up state aways for instruction.

No instuctor yet, I want to finnish upgrading my regs first. I dont see the point in paying for a class if I dont have the majority of the gear (Why train in someones elses gear that may be different from what I get, when I can learn and practice in my own). But as far I know there is only one place down here close to Naples that even has the sidemount course so my options are limited there.

Find an instructor doing the dives you are interested in, get along with, and respect. If you buy all the gear first esp the BC you will be limited on instructors. Some will just roll their eyes at what they don't like and I wouldn't be surprised to find many of them giving you a lot of grief for diving something they don't like. And an edit: nobody's diving any rig "stock". My Razor has had a number of extraneous bits taken off (leaving a very expensive piece of webbing and some Drings). I still use the Razor for some sump dives. The SMS100 has been heavily modified too, even the straps have been cut and resewn.

 

[Aquabot]

Find an instructor doing the dives you are interested in, get along with, and respect. If you buy all the gear first esp the BC you will be limited on instructors. Some will just roll their eyes at what they don't like and I wouldn't be surprised to find many of them giving you a lot of grief for diving something they don't like. And an edit: nobody's diving any rig "stock". My Razor has had a number of extraneous bits taken off (leaving a very expensive piece of webbing and some Drings). I still use the Razor for some sump dives. The SMS100 has been heavily modified too, even the straps have been cut and resewn.

Regaurdless of who the instructor is if they arent willing to put their personal dislikes aside and help me learn whatever system I'm using to become a better and safer diver to the best of thier abilities then I think I would do my best to stay away from them, I shouldnt (and wont) be forced to buy something I might not like and that might not work for me just to recieve instruction. Different systems work better for different people and we sure as hell arnt cookie cutter copies of each other....If I "Instructor" cant realise that then they arnt worth a d*mn to me. And Yes I would prefer to take the SM back near my home town (Ocala) as I believe that a cave instructor that teaches SM would try to give the best training they can, but at the same time I still have to be able to afford it lol

Find an instructor doing the dives you are interested in, get along with, and respect

I cant agree more, but I was raised respect is earned and not giving and treat everybody as I wish to be...respectfull. "Get along with" that's a requirement before the course requirments lol. Dont plan on putting my life so to speak in the hands of somebody I dont get along with lol.