Spare Air: some thoughts

[vladimir]

that forever-hardwired thought process spills over into the forum discussions.

A similar sort of parochialism manifests itself in the ever-popular backplate-and-wing vs vest debate. The cold-water diver who routinely carries 24 pounds of lead on his belt raves to everybody in Seattle or Chicago who will listen about how he tried a backplate and his trim and buoyancy were perfected overnight. He finally enjoyed diving for the first time. The warm water vacation diver reads the testimonials and tries a backplate on his next trip to Bonaire. He wades in encumbered with only 2 pounds on his belt instead of the usual 8, puffs his usual 100 cc's of air into the wing on the bottom, and has a pleasant dive, much like his previous 100 vacation dives. When he is finished he says, "What was all the fuss on Scubaboard about?"

 

[Tanked]

You are an evil person. Theres alot of zombie threads out there now. Its like Night of the living Thread

I could have sworn i posted this in another thread.

 

[Atomic_Diver]

zombie..lol... oh and btw Spare Air has been known to have problems with its mouth pieace, and regulator

 

[Atomic_Diver]

And someone Please tell me why they created the Nitrox Spare Air system...

 

[DandyDon]

It would not help to make it a sticky, but maybe we need a forum for Spare Air owners & prospective buyers - no moderating. Or maybe a one/week limit on new threads here?

If you're going to get one, at least get the 6 cf minimum. That's the equivalent to 230# of a Standard 80 @ 3,000#. I like 3 times as much for when caca hits the fan.

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I am still insulted at the idea of a Nitrox SA. :silly:

 

[Garrobo]

I have a D-ring I'm not using. Maybe I'll get a spareair and hang it on there.

 

[QatarDiver]

re nitrox spare air, for every product there is a punter! (which reinforces my view that the spare air is a toy looking for punters, rather than a necessary item of safety equipment) I vote for a pony bottle of sufficient size to get you to the surface including all required safety stops, much better than relying on a dive buddy.

 

[boxturtle]

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I guess that's a head. Not sure it's a horse head.

 

[Tanked]

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I guess that's a head. Not sure it's a horse head.

Uhhh hi Boxturtle. Welcome to Scubaboard.
Yes that would be beating a dead horse.

 

[Brewski]

i hope this becomes a stickey so everyone that has ever had a question about spare air should come to this thread... This question goes out to people who actully own a spare air: What are the pros and cons? And this for all that oppose it... Why? Now this in general.. Should one eitheq a: Have good enough skills that they don't need one. B: Get the 1.7 cu ft spare air. C: Get the 3.0 version. D: Get a ___ cu ft pony. E: Or dive doubles or use an h or y valve..

why!why!why!?!?!

i'm gonna come down to florida, and hurt you for this.