calling out the BP/w-philes

[scubafanatic]

...maybe just get the 'cyanide gas' filled Spare Air and get it over with, instead of postponing the inevitable ?

 

[RiverRat]

You know when I first started diving about 7-8 years ago I turned into a BP/wing convert just after AOW class. At the time it really did work for me. Now I'm into tech diving so it was good as it made the transition that much easier.

That being said, last week I threw on my El cheapo Oceanic poodle jacket to help my friend teach a pool session to several young divers. Well I was just cruising along the bottom of the pool as flat as can be, frog kicking along and said to myself "jeez what's up with this? I'm in perfect trim in this gear?

Go figure.... It's really all about knowing your gear and setting it up right. Experience helps to get to that point in addition to getting lots of dives in.

I think a good diver can dive just about anything if you spend a little time sorting things out.

 

[RJP]

I think a good diver can dive just about anything if you spend a little time sorting things out.

That's all well and good...once you've already BECOME a good diver.

I've got a golf buddy who always says...

"Good golfers can always make bad clubs good - but bad clubs always keep bad golfers bad."

 

[T. Bix]

You know when I first started diving about 7-8 years ago I turned into a BP/wing convert just after AOW class. At the time it really did work for me. Now I'm into tech diving so it was good as it made the transition that much easier.

That being said, last week I threw on my El cheapo Oceanic poodle jacket to help my friend teach a pool session to several young divers. Well I was just cruising along the bottom of the pool as flat as can be, frog kicking along and said to myself "jeez what's up with this? I'm in perfect trim in this gear?

Go figure.... It's really all about knowing your gear and setting it up right. Experience helps to get to that point in addition to getting lots of dives in.

I think a good diver can dive just about anything if you spend a little time sorting things out.

:doh:

 

[Crush]

I think a good diver can dive just about anything if you spend a little time sorting things out.

I am new to diving, but I suspect that your comment is very true. I watched the "extras" on BBC's Blue Planet where the underwater filming crew was featured. Rather than observing a marvel of standardization, it looked as though the horde had descended upon some small LDS and emptied it out. Plates, poodle jackets, and rebreathers mixed with all sorts of fins, including [cringe] split-fins!

Postscript - for the deep dives, everyone was on rebreathers.

 

[T. Bix]

.........including [cringe] split-fins!

Postscript - for the deep dives, everyone was on rebreathers.

Don't cringe....... if anything, this thread illustrates the fact the the gear doesn't make the diver.......... I have different gear configs for different dive configs.....

 

[RJP]

Don't cringe....... if anything, this thread illustrates the fact the the gear doesn't make the diver.......... I have different gear configs for different dive configs.....

So I have a question, and it will sound like a smart-@ss one, but I really do want to understand.

If the gear doesn't make the diver...

...why do you have different gear configurations for different dives?

 

[GrumpyOldGuy]

A good diver can overcome many of the handicaps associated with sub-optimal gear selection.

-This has been a good part of my life (I simply cannot afford the best gear).
-Sometimes you are stuck with what you have and you can make do (been there, done that)
-This begs the question though, if the optimal gear is the same cost and you are buying, then why not choose the optimal design?

 

[redacted]

So I have a question, and it will sound like a smart-@ss one, but I really do want to understand.

If the gear doesn't make the diver...

...why do you have different gear configurations for different dives?

Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't....

Snicker

 

[T. Bix]

So I have a question, and it will sound like a smart-@ss one, but I really do want to understand.

If the gear doesn't make the diver...

...why do you have different gear configurations for different dives?

two reasons really... I can't fit my jacket bcd with doubles and I can't back up effectively in my splits. But I can be well trimmed and neutral no matter what I'm doing.