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I don't think I said anything about not planning dives.

Finding the hole and running the line at the champagne bottle "entrance" was one of my favorites.

With two Shearwaters, are you also carrying a watch and depth gauge to use with the written deco plan when both your PDCs fail? If not, then what is the point? All you need written is key navigation points and tasks, and that's only for sufficiently complex dives.

Halcyon valves have very good flow, so something is wrong with yours. Sometimes the duckbill valve clogs if it's not rinsed well after dives. Your suit should always be dry or it's not a dry suit and needs repair.

Unless the airline doesn't allow it, just pay for an extra bag. It's way easier, and cheap compared to the overall trip.

I have all the parts, but life has gotten in the way. I hope to have the conversion done and be back in the water by late June.

Go somewhere and get good Sidemount training then come back and do deco training with an instructor that is in back mount. Your tech instructor doesn't have to be in Sidemount just because you are.

Also, I'm thinking I'll probably give it around 100 hours then decide if I want to add a second. I'll likely never run 3 solid state sensors.

I can say from experience, that on dives at this depth you can be symptom free until the last 10' ascent to the surface.

I'll start with one solid state and two chemical sensors. Edit: typo.

Pic of the new KISS splitter with OS sensor. Now I need to order some SMB Connectors to convert my head and a few SF2 sensors for the other ports.

When you switch dill to Nitrox, your PDC immediately assumes you don't have He in the loop, but you are off gassing He into the loop. Therefore I believe it is most conservative to stay on your bottom dill. It also doesn't impact deco much. If your switching dill and not switching your PDC...

Bluetooth does not work underwater, pressure transmitters are ultra low frequency. I believe there is a company (Rhino?) making a wireless PPO monitor.

I recently got the notification that the cells and conversion are available for the Sidewinder. I tested one of the OS cells in a pressure pot in witch I use a standard Petrel to read the cells. It's pretty much perfect up to 2.0. I've sold that cell and plan to get one directly from KISS so...

Let me know if it's yours and I'll figure out how to get it to you.

Sorry, that was a really weird typo ("Bungee"). I'll be able to get a pic today. Edit: @Wibble already posted his pics. Side benefit is not having the bungee Knot digging in your back.

@Wibble turned me on to his solution. Knott your number up front and use the tails the grab and pull the loop. Sorry, I don't have any photos handy.

If your brain is the most likely thing to fail, is adding another brain just adding a second most likely thing to fail? Does it double safety or double risk? :stirpot:

Not quite as you don't have access to the inside until you cut the hole. I also aqua seal these while I use silicone on the dry suite.

Didn't take me long without one to decide it was worth it to cut a hole and add a bit dump to mine.