1. I saw in a thread started by somone called Boogywooogy or such concerning what is HOG and what is not and an answer was given by one poster that HOG is a cave rig. If HOG is a cave rig then when your not cave diving what is it called. Especially if you drop the long hose per WHM's page where I read the correct set up is an aluminum 80 and a 40 inch hose.
2. Thanks for the suggestions on the bike tubes, it is working nicely
3. I just picked up a DR mesh pocket, does it go on the RH waist strap? and is that where the SMP snd safety reel go or should I continue to carry them clipped to my aft crotch D-ring?
Since I no longer cave dive per "she who controls my life" I have come to think the somewhat less rigid constraints of HOG fit my diving approach better than the rigid DIR concepts. If WHM's thought was to always seek the simplest configuration for a particular dive profile then HOG cannot always be DIR because DIR does not evolve or adjust but always force fits itself to the profile. Example--oh God--the long hose---not needed outside of a cave (maybe wreck). So, the OW profile adapted HOG rig is a 40 inch hose per WHM. BUT, that would never be DIR because they never alter their rig. (JFYI, when I use OW for open water I an not referring to the PadI ridiculous cert levels, I mean it as no overhead environment diving and including no deco diving since deco is a sort of overhead) Another example is the can light. I assume a non can type light could be HOG but never DIR. Just some thoughts. None of this meant to cause a feud. N
2. Thanks for the suggestions on the bike tubes, it is working nicely
3. I just picked up a DR mesh pocket, does it go on the RH waist strap? and is that where the SMP snd safety reel go or should I continue to carry them clipped to my aft crotch D-ring?
Since I no longer cave dive per "she who controls my life" I have come to think the somewhat less rigid constraints of HOG fit my diving approach better than the rigid DIR concepts. If WHM's thought was to always seek the simplest configuration for a particular dive profile then HOG cannot always be DIR because DIR does not evolve or adjust but always force fits itself to the profile. Example--oh God--the long hose---not needed outside of a cave (maybe wreck). So, the OW profile adapted HOG rig is a 40 inch hose per WHM. BUT, that would never be DIR because they never alter their rig. (JFYI, when I use OW for open water I an not referring to the PadI ridiculous cert levels, I mean it as no overhead environment diving and including no deco diving since deco is a sort of overhead) Another example is the can light. I assume a non can type light could be HOG but never DIR. Just some thoughts. None of this meant to cause a feud. N