NuclearOOPS
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I dont like them simply because, its combining to simple devices into one complex device. The more complex things get, the more they seem to fail.
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If you read half of these posts you would think a person needs to be far far advanced to be able to use an AIR II and not kill themselves!
If however, you're diving a 7' hose, there's no reason to break trim while doing an ascent
I dont like them simply because, its combining to simple devices into one complex device. The more complex things get, the more they seem to fail.
Why in the world would you care about trim during an ascent? You're headed up, for crying out loud. Trim keeps you off the coral. 7 feet off the bottom it makes no difference if you're "in trim" or not.
Please submit the data you used to reach that conclusion. From more than 25 years and over 400 logged dives, I've seen just as many failures of octo-inflators as regular inflators (1 of each, by the way).
Yeah, the "streamlining" concept would hold up for me... if it wasn't typically invoked by someone who is otherwise configured like a Christmas tree.
The streamlining concept is valid - except for the requirement to then have a longer primary hose... which then adds more clutter and less streamlining to the rig.
And except for the fact that you now cannot tidily secure the LPI hose to the BCD, so it now dangles below the diver.
And except for the fact that you cannot opt for a shorter, less obtrusive LPI hose.
I know I am singing to the choir, but why in God's green earth would the diver be in a jacket BCD if streamlining was any kind of a goal.
Oh boy! You may have just ripped this thread wide open with that comment!I know I am singing to the choir, but why in God's green earth would the diver be in a jacket BCD if streamlining was any kind of a goal.