a retreat from DIR

[MonkSeal]

look at it from my point of view: i have been diving with stages on the right and a canister light on the right and it hasn't been an issue. why would it
be an issue to switch that to the left?

Stages on the right would interfere with long hose. Canister on the left would interfere with argon tank.

 

[JeffG]

hmm... i see... so if you attach it to the left side of plate, it will interfere with
the canister light?

It might. Having never done it (light on left) I couldn't be 100% sure. But it might jar it enough to make the canister flood...or turn it off...or something

 

[onfloat]

Non-issue, I know cave divers who dive this way. They put the buckle on the right, becomes a non issue.

Now you have to make your team members aware that your buckle opens back-wards from the "normal" way. I guess another non issue if they just decide to cut it off.

 

[JeffG]

Stages on the right would interfere with long hose. Canister on the left would interfere with argon tank.

Well, Andy should just DIL (Do it left) and reverse the gear config of DIR

 

[H2Andy]

Stages on the right would interfere with long hose.

this is actually an issue we ran into. if you are not careful, you can slide your
hose under the stage, and it deprives you of about a foot of length

you still have six feet, though... and if you are careful, you can avoid this problem

but yes, i did this several times. i'd clip the stage on, and get an OOA from GDI,
and found out that my hose was about a foot short.

Well, Andy should just DIL (Do it left)

hey, i may patent that

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[Jason B]

Now you have to make your team members aware that your buckle opens back-wards from the "normal" way. I guess another non issue if they just decide to cut it off.

Why cut it off? If it doesn't open one way, it must open the other.

Tell me the situation that you only have 1 second to undo someone's buckle. What would be so life or death about that?

That said, they do tell their team (hence my knowing).

 

[Jasonmh]

Non-issue, I know cave divers who dive this way. They put the buckle on the right, becomes a non issue.

This is one reason why I like the DIR system.. a place for everything.
To me this seems to start someone down a slope of:
So I move this peice here, then I have to move the thing that was there, then I need to move something else to make room for the other thing I just moved, etc.
Then when there is a problem that requires a quick reponse you have a group of divers with everything in a different place.
But, DIR or not, I would think that having your gear configured similarly to the rest of your team is more important than personal preference (dir or otherwise).

 

[JeffG]

hey, i may patent that

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Its been used before DIL - Do it left - Like the fishes in a guys sig line. Leadweight http://www.scubaboard.com/member.php?u=6506

 

[H2Andy]

This is one reason why I like the DIR system.. a place for everything.

certainly this is a great benefit of DIR

but in diving with non-DIR people, i find that the "chaos" is over-stressed

as long as i can find their regulator, the emergency is over. the rest is just working
out details.

(there is only one emergency, and that is OOA. the rest are just problems)

 

[onfloat]

Why cut it off? If it doesn't open one way, it must open the other.

Tell me the situation that you only have 1 second to undo someone's buckle. What would be so life or death about that?

That said, they do tell their team (hence my knowing).

In a panic the only thing you have to fall back on is your training & practice. Sometimes when that fog kicks in you aren't thinking, but just going through the motions. As things start to change with the placement of this, the movement of that, the bigger the snowball gets. I can't think of a situation where a buckle might be a life saving issue, but............