If you have to ask...probably. There are no scuba police. You can do anything you feel froggy enough to do and no one will stop you, but the consequences of your decision are on you as well. Only you can make the determination if your skill set is capable of whatever skill you are working on.
Set your rig up, find a buddy, jump in a pool, blow some bubbles. Try it mounted, slung, across your waist, however you like it best. Swap regs, color code your hoses, color code your regs, tie a big friggin ribbon on one, it’s your rig. It’s also your life.
When diving with a pony doesn’t wreck your buoyancy, you can find the pony reg by muscle memory, and manage not to kill yourself in the pool...then you can answer the question for yourself.
If piece of mind of having extra air is what your after, you can always get a bigger tank if the pony doesn’t work out.
I do applaud you for the pony initiative. I’m not a fan of the buddy system.
Good luck,
Jay
Set your rig up, find a buddy, jump in a pool, blow some bubbles. Try it mounted, slung, across your waist, however you like it best. Swap regs, color code your hoses, color code your regs, tie a big friggin ribbon on one, it’s your rig. It’s also your life.
When diving with a pony doesn’t wreck your buoyancy, you can find the pony reg by muscle memory, and manage not to kill yourself in the pool...then you can answer the question for yourself.
If piece of mind of having extra air is what your after, you can always get a bigger tank if the pony doesn’t work out.
I do applaud you for the pony initiative. I’m not a fan of the buddy system.
Good luck,
Jay