Sling bottles work just fine
I agree, which is why PonyPak is
designed to mount side sling (and tank mount) for those who prefer. That said, you don't need PonyPak, unless you would like the advantage of the hose clipping system. It is superior for those who wear thick gloves.
the argument that they add too much weight to one side thus off-balancing the wearer is specious. The weight difference is negligible and I've never noticed any issues with balancing in any of the students I've taught advanced classes with pony or sling bottles. By the time someone needs such an apparatus as the PonyPak they should be good enough divers that a slung bottle doesn't affect their trim in the water.
Please reread all my posts. It has
never been my argument that they "add too much weight." What I have truthfully stated, is: that is the universal answer given to me
by divers who do not now diver redundant (which is the vast majority of sport divers). Their perception of side mount and tank mount is that it is a problem. They do not want to pay money to learn whether it can (or cannot) be resolved satisfactorily
for them. The argument is not mine. It is theirs. If it was mine, PonyPak would not be designed for side and tank mount (in addition to front mount).
The front mount position, offers an option, for those
who do not now dive redundant. If any diver is not interested in that solution - don't buy it. Or, if they do (for other reasons) side or tank mount it as you wish. PonyPak is about choices.
By the time someone needs such an apparatus as the PonyPak they should be good enough divers that a slung bottle doesn't affect their trim in the water.
That is a curious statement coming from an instructor. Every diver needs redundancy from his
first dive - as a student. I would encourage you to invest greater time into studying the global statistics on diver fatalities, that are triggered by being out of air.
10% of fatalities occur while they were in training.
The following is from an exceptional primer on this subject, published by Dr. Carl Edmonds, in X-ray magazine.
Please see my lengthy address on this subject, in
Post #100. I included multiple links, to the underlying publications and research (most of it coming from DAN). Clearly, you understand the importance of redundancy...just not when it is the proper time to begin diving redundant.
Please download the entire article (published in X-Ray Magazine)
http://www.xray-mag.com/pdfs/article..._45_locked.pdf
Your approach to dealing with dissenting opinions comes across as an ad hominem attack. Rather than resolve the issues raised you seem to prefer to attack the character of the dissenters. .
I have "attacked" no one. I did not start this post. I had no choice but to address the issues that were being raised by people who have never seen the product, let alone dive with it.
I have welcomed every opinion, and have addressed each,
respectfully. Sometimes I have tried to use
humor to diffuse an unnecessarily vitriolic statement, by a person who has never seen the product. Is that really, an attack?
My only request is that people raise their issues, with equal respect - exactly as you have done here. Thank you.
All I can say is that this isn't exactly a sustainable model for any business and that perhaps you should reconsider your decision to invest time and money in such a venture if you can't take differing opinions from your own.
I appreciate your comment. Whether it is, or is not "a sustainable" business model - we will see. PonyPak as gone through seven years of development. I have sourced the opinons of people with far greater expertise on the related subjects, than anyone (so far) who has voiced their opinions here. I have listened, and learned from them. And the product(s) (actually all three) have evolved into what many believe (who have actually seen and dived with the product), is a commercially viable set of solutions, for many people, in a variety of circumstances.
Please reread all my responses. A reasonable person cannot conclude "you can't take differing opinions from your own." I take them all just fine. But my experience with this product, is substantially greater than anyone else (in this forum)
with this product. That my conclusions differ? How surprising can that possibly be?
I appreciate the courtesy of your comments. Thank you.
Regards,
William (Bill) Messner
www.PonyPak.com
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