MKrauter
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Just make sure to mention what procedure to follow during an oog event. Or practice an S-Drill on land before diving so that they know what to expect.
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Hello, everyone;
I dive open water, and I'm interested in the "DIR" regulator configuration, with the octo on a necklace. My regulator is an Aqualung Titan LX, with the LX octopus, the point being that my 2nd stages are identical except for color. My question is this: if an out of air diver comes to me for air, he's going to either just go for my primary, or look for the yellow one...so...should I set up with the yellow 2nd as my primary and the black around my neck? My reasoning is that I don't want a panicked diver going for the yellow 2nd hanging around my neck ( it's on a yellow hose as well)... I hope this makes sense... thanks for your input, and safe diving!!
Just make sure to mention what procedure to follow during an oog event. Or practice an S-Drill on land before diving so that they know what to expect.
If your regs are truly identical except for color, then yes I would set up the yellow one as your primary. You may have to have them re-tuned though. Often times octos are detuned to prevent freeflowing. If this is the case you will have to have the octo tuned up and the necklace reg de-tuned. Or, if it's just the purge valve cover that's yellow, just swap purge valve covers. And order another black purge valve cover, now you've got two black regs.
I had a Apeks XTX50 (black) and XTX40 (yellow cover and thingy on the side). I just swapped the yellow cover from the xtx40 (bungeed necklace) to the xtx50(primary longhose).