Follow up question.
Any reason not to use the second stage from your pony as your octo?
None at all, in fact I do not have an octopus on my primary regulator, I use my pony for that purpose.
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Follow up question.
Any reason not to use the second stage from your pony as your octo?
Follow up question.
Any reason not to use the second stage from your pony as your octo?
I have my pony (19 cf) to use when I am in an out of air or equipment failure situation. As long as I have air, my buddy gets my primary and I'll use my tethered secondary. This keeps the pony available in the event another probelm shoud arise during the emergency ascent for either me or my buddy.
Follow up question.
Any reason not to use the second stage from your pony as your octo?
I often use a 19cf pony for deeper and colder dives, with the Octo off the pony. Not real difficult or time consuming to add the octo to my main tank regular when I don't use the pony (have a independent setup for the Pony), much like adding the hose for my drysuit. For better or worse, the main reason I don't have an octo on my main tank when I have the pony is that I want to reduce the risk of a free flow in the cold when two people are breathing off the primary of the main tank. I very recently had my buddy's rig freeze in cold, dark, low vis water at 95 feet, and after I got him the Octo (which I keep clipped in the same position with or without the Pony) on the pony, all I could think of is that we were still on two separate systems. Obviously, a successful accent- but it definitely makes you consider how you are outfitted and how you handle these events if they happen.
None at all, in fact I do not have an octopus on my primary regulator, I use my pony for that purpose.
You and I are reading tho post differently. The way Im reading it is that in a cold situation by doubling the gas draw (giving your buddy the octo) you double the flow through the first stage and thats an ingredient for a first stage freeze. So give the buddy your pony so draw through the first stage doesn't changeHow is the mere presence of an octo on your main tank going to increase the risk of a 1st stage freeze?
If you give you OOG buddy the pony, your gas flow through the main 1st stage is going to remain constant regardless on how many seconds you have mounted.