JonG1
Contributor
Recently a friend completed his MOD 1 and as part of it a recommendation was made or discussed regarding a particular style of configuration applicable to cave/OHE diving.
Specifically the recommendation was that in the event of having 2 primary, same gas cylinders, with BOV on the left and long hose on the right, you dispense with the standard 2nd stage on the left bottle.
The long hose is then clipped to the right shoulder d-ring (not hog looped though) outside of the loop in a breakaway or bungee loop for ease of self access or deployment.
The idea being a failure point and extra hose is removed and configuration simplified.
I was just interested to canvas opinion.
Currently I retain a standard 2nd stage on the left cylinder, just in case the BOV is affected by caustic or the QD fails, but thought this was an interesting approach.
Specifically the recommendation was that in the event of having 2 primary, same gas cylinders, with BOV on the left and long hose on the right, you dispense with the standard 2nd stage on the left bottle.
The long hose is then clipped to the right shoulder d-ring (not hog looped though) outside of the loop in a breakaway or bungee loop for ease of self access or deployment.
The idea being a failure point and extra hose is removed and configuration simplified.
I was just interested to canvas opinion.
Currently I retain a standard 2nd stage on the left cylinder, just in case the BOV is affected by caustic or the QD fails, but thought this was an interesting approach.