JonG1
Contributor
OK this might be get contentious.
I can foresee a side mount, chest mount, or Sidewinder (SW) style unit in my future given the nature of the most commonly encountered overhead in the UK. Some of this is or will be sump, some is flooded mine, often with awkward access routes to water. Depths are usually max of 25-30m and around 7-9 degrees c.
I am happy diving side mount OC and dive a KISS Classic BM at present. One of my most frequent diving partners dives a Triton so I have a reasonable insight to that unit, I'd really like to understand better some of the choices out there for this application, it's unlikely that the Choptima is an option in the UK AFAIK.
The obvious or "most popular" option appears to be the Sidewinder but I'd be really keen to objectively breakdown the issues, understand whether there are work arounds to any of them by means of configuration choice, after market changes etc.
Like I say it would be good to keep it objective so that no-one falls out but it would help me and maybe others to make an informed choice when the time comes. There have been many treads where the SW has been discussed but may be easier/better for reference to collate them in 1 thread.
I am going to hopefully look over my overhead instructor's SW soon, who has recently changed from a Triton to a SW.
I can foresee a side mount, chest mount, or Sidewinder (SW) style unit in my future given the nature of the most commonly encountered overhead in the UK. Some of this is or will be sump, some is flooded mine, often with awkward access routes to water. Depths are usually max of 25-30m and around 7-9 degrees c.
I am happy diving side mount OC and dive a KISS Classic BM at present. One of my most frequent diving partners dives a Triton so I have a reasonable insight to that unit, I'd really like to understand better some of the choices out there for this application, it's unlikely that the Choptima is an option in the UK AFAIK.
The obvious or "most popular" option appears to be the Sidewinder but I'd be really keen to objectively breakdown the issues, understand whether there are work arounds to any of them by means of configuration choice, after market changes etc.
Like I say it would be good to keep it objective so that no-one falls out but it would help me and maybe others to make an informed choice when the time comes. There have been many treads where the SW has been discussed but may be easier/better for reference to collate them in 1 thread.
I am going to hopefully look over my overhead instructor's SW soon, who has recently changed from a Triton to a SW.