73diver
Contributor
I have been open-water sidemount diving for about two years now. I love it for beach diving and for boat diving. However, I have not used it for travel to the Caribbean resorts, where the typical setup is a back mounted single 80. I have the Hollis SMS75 which could be configured as a single backmount. For those who have taken their sidemount rigs to resorts, what kind of hurdles or contingencies did you have to overcome, if any? Thanks. FYI my small backmount harness is 6# and my SMS 75 without the tank bands is also 6#. So, there does not seem to be a significant increase in baggage weight for sidemount.