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The sidewinder2 DOES NOT EXIST outside of trade shows and beta versions.

Was looking closely at the towers and bayonet connectors today. It sure appears to be PVC and its definitely injection moulded (the injection points are clearly visible) not machined.

It smushes down small, imagine a sleeping bag you wear. Its the same weight as any other undergarment. But expect to add 1-1.5kgs because its crazy lofty

Its normal and a relic of the starting slug of aluminum in the extrusion press. Maybe 2-5% of tanks have extrusion artifacts like this

And you know this how? Because the canisters and towers in the sidewinder are definitely not acetal. The heads might be.

Another vote on the Weezle Extreme+ They also last vastly longer than any other undersuit (decade+) and you can pretty much wash them as often as you want without damage

You'd have zero issues renting or borrowing a DIN tank in the PNW. I would guess that DIN out numbers yoke tanks 2:1

I can go straight up from pretty much any wreck I dive (down to about ~75m). At most I am a 2-4 minutes from the upline on a scooter. Hence 1 al80 of deep gas gets me to my next gas which might be 21/35 or 50% depending on the dive. 1 Al80 doesnt get me anywhere close to my next gas in a deep...

Same sorta. Hp130s and lp85s for me would be most common. And lp45s/50s for sure. No "deep" al80s outside of MX which isnt very deep apart from a very few systems

If I have 2x bottles of the same gas for a cave dive I would L/R those bottles. The "next" shallower gas is under-slung on the left. Remaining deco gases get nose clipped (and usually dropped fairly fast) on the butt rails. In this example case, if I am in a BO ascent I will start on the 15/55...

It actually appears to be PVC. At least side by side with PVC conduit and the delrin/acetal in the Meg.

@PfcAJ took me to Eagle's once a number a years ago now (~2017). It was a fun dive but the deco (4hrs) to exploration (0 hours, 0ft new passage) ratio is all out of wack for me. Also not into travelling to FL anymore for safety & solidarity reasons. It's a nice cave, just not worth it as a...

Same and I haven't actually had the tower problem... I have other concerns, as a general rule my concerns revolve around: 1) the build quality which is unique to the sidewinder and 2) the obsession with "sidemount" when a sidemount CCR has many compromises compared to a backmount CCR and...

You don't seem to have any cave training or experience. The very real risk of drowning tends to make people really anxious over the course of a long exit with less and less gas available by the minute.

Bronze will definitely pit exactly like that.:callme:

Have not been made in decades and the cost on the used market is astronomical.

Are you sure? That rod looks like bronze to me

Small problem... it's perpetual vaporware

Nevermind the orifice itself clogging. I know quite a few folks that have clogged orifices and its so pervasive a problem they just keep diving them as full manual units. Compare with a fathom needle valve which engineers out the whole problem.

For big backmount cave, I like the Meg with 2x SM steels. Those kinds of cave dives are kinda rare for me lately. In the ocean/great lakes I dont really dive deeper than 240ft-ish often which is the margins of the fun zone. So it's rare that I add a deco gas deeper than a 70ft bottle. Probably...