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I posted some pics of the rig I built (which includes the distribution "block")The QC6s hoses [and distribution block] can be assembled
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I posted some pics of the rig I built (which includes the distribution "block")The QC6s hoses [and distribution block] can be assembled
I was just wondering why one couldn't just put a long hose on both tanks. End of problem.Having all that hardware behind your head is exactly what SM is intended to do away with. As for your concern about donating a hose in an OOA event, two things I would like you to think about.
1) How often do you have to donate anything... for real: not during an S-Drill?
2) Put a longhose on both tanks.
For issues about swopping second stages during the dive, see my article in the latest edition of X-Ray Magazine.
There are a few problems with double longhoses. Mostly, routing the hoses isn't a very clean proposition. ...
I posted some pics of the rig I built (which includes the distribution "block")
To me, opening and closing valves is too big of a hassle to be compensated for by always breathing off of your long hose.
Again . . .Z-sidemount is not "about solving a training problem with gear". And there is no claim that it is better or safer than conventional sidemount. It just works better for me diving Indo-Pacific WWII wrecks
I think some of you missed the point of AG's intention as discussed earlier. His sole intention is to make side mount compatible to DIR and enabled mixed team. Now we can argue if that make sense at all. I don't know enough about side mount to say I agree or disagree. The z-manifold is just a piece of detail in the execution.
Excessive Bubbles would certainly be felt/heard by your buddy even with zero vis and no lights. That would trigger the donating buddy to deploy a long hose and pass it up/back regardless of diving backmount or sidemount before all the gas is lost. Even if one of them screwed up and did run out of air they would have to signal, not be able to turn around and rip a reg from the buddy's mouth. So say there is enough room to turn around and face the donating diver, they could still breathe off a 22" hose then swap regs to the long hose and exit. Where's the problem? If that is any more difficult than having to turn tanks on and off under those conditions while grasping a cave line then you probably shouldn't be diving a cave in the first place..