Adjusting your tanks so you can reach your valves

[alexxred]

Hi,

In case anyone missed my other recent threads, spot the guy who is trashing around with new new gear! I own a transpac and have setup double steel faber 10.L (85's). At the moment whilst wearing it (out of the water) I'm finding it very hard/impossible to reach back and access the valves.

To me it seems obvious that this could be fixed by just raising the height of the tank but the guy at my LDS did say that it's all different once you get in the water. This would make sense after all, its alot of steel pulling backward, which would make it hard to reach. Is this the case or should I be able to get a good idea on what adjustments I need to make while on land? Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers

Alex

 

[SDAnderson]

Hi,

In case anyone missed my other recent threads, spot the guy who is trashing around with new new gear! I own a transpac and have setup double steel faber 10.L (85's). At the moment whilst wearing it (out of the water) I'm finding it very hard/impossible to reach back and access the valves.

To me it seems obvious that this could be fixed by just raising the height of the tank but the guy at my LDS did say that it's all different once you get in the water. This would make sense after all, its alot of steel pulling backward, which would make it hard to reach. Is this the case or should I be able to get a good idea on what adjustments I need to make while on land? Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers

Alex

The best input I can offer is to hire the guy at the LDS and spend an hour or two in the pool with him, learning how to use the doubles and getting them set up properly. He's right, you can't tell walking around on land if you have them set up correctly - and there is more to it than making sure you can reach the valves.

 

[jonnythan]

It is all different in the water. I can't reach the valves on my big steel tanks while standing up on land unless I set them against something. Underwater is totally different. Practice some stretching exercises and get those things underwater!

 

[limeyx]

It is all different in the water. I can't reach the valves on my big steel tanks while standing up on land unless I set them against something. Underwater is totally different. Practice some stretching exercises and get those things underwater!

one thing to try is "modified" valve drill.
where (on dry land) you get your gear on, then rest the bottoms of tanks on something (low wall, tailgate of truck etc) and then let kind of scrunch down a little so the tanks ride upa few inches.

I think this simulates what happens in the water and if you still cannot reach them, you might have trouble in the water.