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Needed for me: A Decent Back Mounted fabric Wing system such as a Dive Rite or a Zeagle for lightweight travelling. 4 x Long Cam bands. 2 x AP Plasti-Pylons. More on this later. 2 x Decent Reg sets mounted for twinset diving - I use Poseidon Jetstreams. 2 x masks, 2 x DSMB's Compass Old CD for...

Yes I did in 2013. The Um El Faroud in Malta via circumnavigation on my Jacques Jones. I did mine with Strand Diving services. Lawrence there is a very good teacher.

I Like the idea of indy doubles better than any pony bottle setup for solo diving. It for me, is a deliberate ability to wrongfoot the naysaying dive shop operators whose first empty headed words uttered from their mouths is "We Don't Rent Ponies" so no solo diving. This totally gets round that...

One of the great joys of Indy Doubles, or Twindies as I like to call them is that both are simply standard bottles put together by the diver themselves. Avoids the need to supply a pony for soloing and that in itself saves a load of hassle coming from the UK to go anywhere on an airline. So two...

We go to Bonaire and Curacao!!

Ocean Frontiers in Grand Cayman allowed me soloing in 2010, for looking the part, being a BSAC instructor already and hiring a manifolded twinset. Bonaire in 2014 and I'm in Caribbean Club (Sister Centre of Buddies) and that trip was setup especially for me to solo dive. Best thing is to speak...

1. DSMB deployment - Absolutely (±1metre control) 2. maskless DSMB deployment - thoughts? 3. mask removal, deploy and use spare mask 4. OOA, switch to pony bottle 5. maskless ascent? 6. maskless swim? 7. ascent on DSMB line 8. simulate OOA by closing tank valve? I reckon you need to be doing...

Agreed with most people on here about the want to avoid a diveguide where possible. I actively track down locations where they accepted unguided diving, so Bonaire and Curacao were absolute musts for me before I met the missus. I did my solo course in Malta in 2013, with the strand and then got...

I'm a massive fan of Primary donate (Hog Rigging), but my organisation has more or less outrightly banned us teaching it. So I have to teach alternative donate which is common throughout many recreational agencies. When diving for myself I prefer Primary donate any day. It's about time I think...

I use two totally independent regulators always. Always 1st class full power variants, none of the air 2 or other silly second rate backup regulators. If you are solo diving then there is no other backup. I.e. at minimum get a French style cylinder with 2 outlets, so it becomes an "Indy Single"...

Many thanks for that information. So I'll only find out by going there I guess!

I use a Dive Rite Super WIngs with my ye olde early noughties transpac. I like the idea of the Dual bladder as when wetsuit diving it can be ideal to balance the rig by putting a little bit of air in both. Ultimately because of the centre of lift being one behind the other, you may get still a...

I remember a rig like this from the late 80's in the UK. 2 Yoke valved single Luxfer 60's and a crossbar system into a single regulator in the middle. Again though because the knobs were on the sides and you had to turn the outlets inwards to connect onto the crossfeed bar the question came down...

So at CoCo view do you tell them that you intend to dive solo? I've emailed them and they state "We have a strictly No solo diving policy!" to which point I said "Well screw that I'm not going there!" Or is it a case of "Don't ask and Don't tell"?? Best regards Paul B

The Indy is no different. Just ensure you have enough shoulder mobility to get to the left cylinder valve which will most likely be on the right hand side of the cylinder, if you are truly pairing a set of singles together. (I.e. if you need slob knobs to access, due to previous...

I started Soloing out of necessity when I went on holiday in Tunisia in 2009. The school instructor took us onto a wreck of a fishing boat in 27 metres. Saw that I was okay and then motioned "You seem okay, carry on! I'm coming along with my student when I'm next...

In Curacao I found that Blue Bay divers let me solo dive. I arranged with them ahead of time through Bonaire Fun Travel and specifically said "I AM A SOLO DIVER" I dive with a set of AP flexi pylons and 4 straps to make up a twindy set and use a tanspac wing. I think in some cases you need to...

I believe that in the HM armed forces BSAC clubs, that Pony gear is standard setup for all dives these days. A lot of us who dive BSAC in the UK will dive as standard on H valve singles and then this makes for an easy transition to Ponies/Twins when the chance presents itself. I.e. The DIY...

I'm off to Dubrovnik Croatia in August with Blue Planet. As they are a technical school they said they are prepared to entertain the properly trained and equipped solo diver/self reliant. I'll report back once done........ Regards Paul B

For me I take Dive Rite twin wing and a transpak fabric based lightweight solution. 2 x AP Valves Plastique pylons, 4 x cam bands and 2 x sets of Poseidon regulators. From this you can rig a set of twindies with pretty much any tank size. I have had some dive operators state "We don't hire...