Thank you. So no sertification needed for using tech gear, just a proper setup?
No, you don't need to be certified in "tech gear" to use it within your other certification limits. It helps to have someone mentor you though in the beginning.
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Thank you. So no sertification needed for using tech gear, just a proper setup?
Thank you!Johnsen,
Congratulations on AOW and Nitrox.
BP/W is well suited to recreational with 22" bungeed secondary, and 40" or 5' primary. Picking that over a regular BC and octo setup is an easy choice. A reg with a port on the bottom, a '5th port', makes routing your primary much easier, typically this comes with a rotating turret, which is also useful.
Sidemount is more an it depends step. Some learn that way from the start, but instruction on it may be less available. I'm hoping to move toward it myself, in open water, for its redundancy.
Thanks for the clarification, much appriciated!No, you don't need to be certified in "tech gear" to use it within your other certification limits. It helps to have someone mentor you though in the beginning.
Nothing voodoo on BP/W. But weight belt, a good idea, under your crotch strap is not very easily ditchable, so take care in gearing up and with any in water drills. Long hose looped over your head and donating it to OOA diver with a snorkel in the way is not the best setup. So ditching the snorkel is a usual consequence of a 5' or 7' primary. Sidemount might be best served with some instruction.Thank you. So no sertification needed for using tech gear, just a proper setup?
There are but they are not really recommended. Ok at many things, master at none would be the phrase. (DiveRite Transpac)Thank you!
The sidemount thing is not that important. I just figured it would be nice to buy one BP/W that can serve as a base for both, if there is such a thing..
I think that is an important note.No, you don't need to be certified in "tech gear" to use it within your other certification limits. It helps to have someone mentor you though in the beginning.
There's a lot of good second hand gear out with so many people dropping the sport.