Question Air Hog

[Marie13]

Isn’t this a Florida vs Mexico style thing?

Pretty much. Dived aluminums in MX during full cave class in August. Hated the floaty butts you had to adjust. Steels stay where they’re supposed to, like God intended.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Thanks for all the great tips and advice everyone.

This guy makes side mount diving look so sexy… doesn’t seem like he's wearing lead or has air in his BC if he has one at all… look like just a harness.

That's the famous Steve Bogaerts who developed the Razor sidemount system. Sadly, he decided to hang up his fins after getting DCS on multiple dives. He blamed the way he scootered for possibly causing the initial hit. But he tried to return to cave diving by being cautious and still had issues. He figured his body just couldn't off-gas effectively anymore.

Just when you master the craft...

 

[Trace Malinowski]

Pretty much. Dived aluminums in MX during full cave class in August. Hated the floaty butts you had to adjust. Steels stay where they’re supposed to, like God intended.

God also made lead and the people who figured out you can strategically trim those out with a little nylon and lead. My best friend is a former ballet dancer who took perfecting SM with AL80s to heart.

 

[Marie13]

God also made lead and the people who figured out you can strategically trim those out with a little nylon and lead. My best friend is a former ballet dancer who took perfecting SM with AL80s to heart.

MX cave instructor refused to do that. Had to move them. I was so glad to get back to steels after class.

 

[Trace Malinowski]

MX cave instructor refused to do that. Had to move them. I was so glad to get back to steels after class.

That's why:

1) I wear my tanks exactly where they should be worn.

2) I don't look at tiny holes in rocks and ask myself, "Can I fit through there?"

 

[Marie13]

That's why:

1) I wear my tanks exactly where they should be worn.

2) I don't look at tiny holes in rocks and ask myself, "Can I fit through there?"

1) My bad knees tell your doubles to take a flying leap.

2) I don’t do squeezy sh*t

Just started diving a small BM CCR. My passion for Great Lakes wrecks made a SM CCR a no-go.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

What do you do when your dive buddy is an air hog? Do you share air to extend the dive?

Make him buy a rebreather.

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

Make him buy a rebreather.

Too complex for me… too many failure points for my liking and the need for bailout gas.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Too complex for me… too many failure points for my liking and the need for bailout gas.

But it does solve the gas hog issue no?


In all seriousness, if I was diving OC recreationally, I'd steer them towards a twinset and get a doubles primer from the local GUE shop.

 

[Marie13]

Too complex for me… too many failure points for my liking and the need for bailout gas.

OMG, you sound like the PADI AOW instructor that was trash talking my CCR class at the same dive site. She was loudly saying that rebreathers were useless because you’d have to bail out to open circuit.