where is the cheapest place to get the Nomad?

[ScubaSteve]

For netmage and others of you that have jumped to that conclusion, I am not enchanted with the dual-bladder wing at all.

If that many jumped to the same conclusion Jax, maybe it was not a big jump. Just a thought.

 

[ScubaSteve]

ScubaSeve i will try to find it I don't know where it would be written down my Dive Instructor told me and my friends from my dive shop told me too but ill find it somewhere

I think it will be good to show those that have never heard of it (and believe it to be incorrect). Like I said, "everybody" can learn on SB.

 

[ept44]

Guys, I can maybe understand where the guy is coming from . . . sort of, not completely, just guessing.

Everything you read about sidemount diving has a requirement for redundant buoyancy. They give three choices:

• a dual-bladder wing
  
• a drysuit
  
• a lift bag (where they tend to spell out > 35 lbs lift)

I am guessing that he, like me, does not have a drysuit and has no plans for one before diving sidemount. That leaves the dual-bladder wing and the lift bag.

It seems he has his heart set on the dual-bladder wing, for whatever reason.

For netmage and others of you that have jumped to that conclusion, I am not enchanted with the dual-bladder wing at all.

i do have a drysuit but i also just found out my dive shop won't let me take the course unless i use dual bladder BC

 

[Jax]

If that many jumped to the same conclusion Jax, maybe it was not a big jump. Just a thought.

Really? Just because I offered a possible answer to netmage's question?

why a dual bladder?

one of those 'redundant buoyancy compensation' device requirements?

OMG, just because I could understand where the OP is coming from, you decide I'm on the same court?

What it looks like is you took netmage's misunderstanding as gospel, thereby failing to think for yourself!

 

[Jax]

i do have a drysuit but i also just found out my dive shop won't let me take the course unless i use dual bladder BC

That sounds like someone is trying to sell you gear, from my non-experienced point of view.

I read a lot of websites of different agencies touting sidemount-training shops, and did not see anywhere where the "dual-bladder wing" was a requirement in of itself. I did see that every one of them required "redundant buoyancy" capability (see the list above).

I hope you will go back to your LDS and have them explain this in detail. The people I chatted with on ScubaBoard can list a myriad of reasons of why a dual-bladder wing is not the best solution.

(Keep us informed on how your class goes! We wanna-be side-mounters would love to hear about it!)

 

[ept44]

Wings consist of an inflatable bladder worn between the divers back and the cyinder(s). Wings are not a recent development, but have recently become popular again because of technical diving where they are often used, as the technical diver often carries multiple cylinders on his back and/or strapped to the harness's webbing. The bladder and cylinders are fastened to a backplate which is strapped to the diver. The wing design frees the divers sides and front and allows for a large volume bladder with important lift capacity (60 lbs /30 liter Wings are not uncommon). Elasticated webbing around the bladder is used by some to constrict the bladder when not inflated, although there is some dispute as to the wisdom of this addition[2]. Heavy equipment such as diving cylinders can be fixed to or slung from the back plate.

 

[ucfdiver]

Wings consist of an inflatable bladder worn between the divers back and the cyinder(s). Wings are not a recent development, but have recently become popular again because of technical diving where they are often used, as the technical diver often carries multiple cylinders on his back and/or strapped to the harness's webbing. The bladder and cylinders are fastened to a backplate which is strapped to the diver. The wing design frees the divers sides and front and allows for a large volume bladder with important lift capacity (60 lbs /30 liter Wings are not uncommon). Elasticated webbing around the bladder is used by some to constrict the bladder when not inflated, although there is some dispute as to the wisdom of this addition[2]. Heavy equipment such as diving cylinders can be fixed to or slung from the back plate.

Thanks, my wikipedia subscription was about to expire.

 

[ScubaSteve]

What it looks like is you took netmage's misunderstanding as gospel, thereby failing to think for yourself!

Nice try ....we'll go with that if you want.

 

[ept44]

ScubaSteve whats the timer for under your post
whats something?

 

[ept44]

ScubaSteve whats the timer for under your post
whats something?