SideMount Setup Fine Tuning

[FreeFlyFreak]

Yes, that would be the most logical...however, I am not logical, unfortunately

That, and there are no courses for SM in my area that I can find...and my budget at the moment does not allow me to travel to another state or country to do the course....so...I am on here...begging y'all for advice

Sign up for Steve Martins video course online.
Its fantastic.

sidemounting.com | Online video training courses for Scuba Divers

 

[Andrew Dawson]

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Oh, he has an actual online course...for SM...for students to take....all online??

I kinda just thought it was a bunch of vids...I did not think it was an actual certification course...huh, I will check that out, Thanks FreeFlyFreak!

 

[FreeFlyFreak]

*click*

Oh, he has an actual online course...for SM...for students to take....all online??

I kinda just thought it was a bunch of vids...I did not think it was an actual certification course...huh, I will check that out, Thanks FreeFlyFreak!

No cert from the vids alone.
But the vids have literally everything you need.
I signed up, and I don't even dive sidemount.....
Yet :-D

If you find his YouTube channel you can watch some for free. Also he has some free stuff on his site.

 

[RVBldr]

That, and there are no courses for SM in my area that I can find...

The closest you might find is up in BC at Ocean Quest in Burnaby. Ocean Quest Dive Centre. Talk with Greg about a course and there's great diving up there.

 

[Andrew Dawson]

Thanks!! I, may look him up

I did work with a SM instructor via the interwebs...from that area...and they were awesome...but, you can only go so far, and they got busy lately...been hard to fine tune

 

[a878bob]

So switch the tanks on the ground like you have them in the picture, stand between them, and take a picture looking down at them.
The cylinder with the manifold valve should be on your right, handle pointed outward, air out facing toward you, ie reg.

start with that picture and post it, and we can go from there, we'll get you straight, no worries, but you do need the opposite manifold valve on the other cylinder as well.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Take a sidemount course. It's cheap money compared to the frustration most people deal with trying to get their stuff sorted. It's not always intuitive, and you need proper feedback based on how you look in the water.

I agree with this, but with one caveat. There are not a lot of choice for sidemount instructors in the Seattle area. There's one who can teach on Xdeep, but nothing else. Razor in Vancouver BC. John Nunes is the guy I'd recommend up there and not just for the Razor. He helped me adjust my Halcyon Contour nicely when I had it and I took sidemount from him (the only good rec course I've taken only beat out by fundies). For the most thorough course that would be worth the travel/course expense/time requires travel.

 

[Andrew Dawson]

So switch the tanks on the ground like you have them in the picture, stand between them, and take a picture looking down at them.
The cylinder with the manifold valve should be on your right, handle pointed outward, air out facing toward you, ie reg.

start with that picture and post it, and we can go from there, we'll get you straight, no worries, but you do need the opposite manifold valve on the other cylinder as well.

Awesome, I will do so...I swapped in some valves I had that are a bit longer...maybe not full manifold style, but longer for sure. This was on the those right hand valves [I have two sets of identical AL80s for SM]....

I get them back from the shop tomorrow and will certainly do this. Do you want me to put the regs on as well for the pics?

That is, what do you want the tanks to....wear...in the pics?

 

[Andrew Dawson]

Kosta, who teaches on Xdeep in Seattle? I'm still trying to hook up with a few SM folks in the area...

 

[АлександрД]

Razor manual, mentioned above, has nice make up, big size, lot of pages.... and few of usable information.
Please, read very short, simple and primitive design manual from Golemgear: https://www.golemgear.com/images/document/Armadillomanual.pdf
but VERY USEFULL and informative!