I'm a PADI Divemaster and have been diving for 44 years but in the last 5 years have been more and more drifting toward Tek. I am currently enrolled in a Tec40 course here in Canada. I am diving a "hybrid" tank configuration and thinking about doubling down on it. Whilst doubles are the standard (I get that), at my age I find them just too heavy to haul around but the idea of creating a "component" approach to tek diving makes sense to me as I can carry the various components much more easily. So, I am diving a 133 steel single tank back mounted, long hose primary, with a 40 alu slung on my left side containing the same bottom gas. Fully independent reg and spg on the 40, with 2nd stage on a necklace. This is a combination of back mounting and side mounting as I see it. I want to add a second 40 cf alu tank to my right side for deco only. That reg will be stowed and only used when doing a gas switch for deco.
The benefit of all this is that I can carry all these tanks onto the boat and rig up very easily. I can use my deco bottle only if required.
So, is this approach an acceptable tek configuration? I can't be the first person to ask this question. I'm interested in nuanced opinions, not "You're wrong because it's not DIR or GUE or whatever."
Thanks for reading my story.
The benefit of all this is that I can carry all these tanks onto the boat and rig up very easily. I can use my deco bottle only if required.
So, is this approach an acceptable tek configuration? I can't be the first person to ask this question. I'm interested in nuanced opinions, not "You're wrong because it's not DIR or GUE or whatever."
Thanks for reading my story.