My fellow diving enthusiasts. My first post on something that is keeping me busy of late.
Recently switched to a backplate / wing. But it made me reconsider my setup a bit. As it turns out, I was used (while using a standard BCD) to pulling on the inflator hose to deflate, which is obviously not supported in a wing (at least not by mine).
I do a lot of night dives. For this purpose I have a torch on a goodman handle on my left hand. Computer, compass is on my right. I have trouble operating my inflator / deflator that way (in particular the latter). I find it hard to get a good grip on the in/deflator with thick gloves and goodman handle, and secondly my movement is creating unwanted ‘light signals’.
I have considered switching my instruments with my torch, but this is also suboptimal, as I will not be able to keep an eye out on my instruments while operating my in/deflator. Operating the in/deflator with my right hand also seems a bit weird (and the hose is a tad bit short for that anyway). Temporarily moving the torch to my right hand is also not optimal in case you need to quickly dump some air.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Recently switched to a backplate / wing. But it made me reconsider my setup a bit. As it turns out, I was used (while using a standard BCD) to pulling on the inflator hose to deflate, which is obviously not supported in a wing (at least not by mine).
I do a lot of night dives. For this purpose I have a torch on a goodman handle on my left hand. Computer, compass is on my right. I have trouble operating my inflator / deflator that way (in particular the latter). I find it hard to get a good grip on the in/deflator with thick gloves and goodman handle, and secondly my movement is creating unwanted ‘light signals’.
I have considered switching my instruments with my torch, but this is also suboptimal, as I will not be able to keep an eye out on my instruments while operating my in/deflator. Operating the in/deflator with my right hand also seems a bit weird (and the hose is a tad bit short for that anyway). Temporarily moving the torch to my right hand is also not optimal in case you need to quickly dump some air.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!