Dual bladder wing? (or practice using a DSMB / liftbag for redundant lift?)Well, yeah, exactly, except some use drysuits up to 25°C water, if not more. And what if you were to dive with lots of gas, no buoyancy redundancy?
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Dual bladder wing? (or practice using a DSMB / liftbag for redundant lift?)Well, yeah, exactly, except some use drysuits up to 25°C water, if not more. And what if you were to dive with lots of gas, no buoyancy redundancy?
Dual bladder wing? (or practice using a DSMB / liftbag for redundant lift?)
Interesting. I borrowed my instructor's dual bladder wing for the TDI adv. wreck course, and in a week of diving off South Florida I didn't see one diver diving dry with a twin set. We also repeatedly practiced redundant buoyancy using a DSMB. That said, I do understand the advantages of having "built-in" redundancy with a dry suit, and that is probably the safest way to go. (If you don't suffer heat stroke on the surface in hot weather!)
Dual bladder wings are, to my knowledge, both accepted and even recommended by most tech agencies I know. I only know two agencies that don't approve of them, but I don't pretend to know all the preferences of all the agencies. I used to train with one of those agencies, so I used to have that feeling, but I have since dropped that. In warm water doubles diving, like in the summer in South Florida, you will probably want to use a wet suit, and, if so, a dual bladder wing is a good thing to use with steel doubles.oth your options aren't really accepted as good redundancy by most, if not all, (tec)diving organisations.
Dual bladder wings are, to my knowledge, both accepted and even recommended by most tech agencies I know. I only know two agencies that don't approve of them, but I don't pretend to know all the preferences of all the agencies. I used to train with one of those agencies, so I used to have that feeling, but I have since dropped that. In warm water doubles diving, like in the summer in South Florida, you will probably want to use a wet suit, and, if so, a dual bladder wing is a good thing to use with steel doubles.
Some steel doubles are really very heavy, and I question whether a dry suit provides enough lift to provide redundant buoyancy in some cases.
I am in the market for a dry suit. I have never dived in one, but I'm going to take a class. I'm looking for recommendations... I live in Upstate NY. It gets cold here!!! Is there a recommended dry suit? I have tried to search previous posts, but I'm working off cellular data right now and the search function is slow.
Cost is not an issue, I just want something that will last a while. I will use the dry suit primarily in the NE.
Thanks for any help!