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Why is it that back inflate gets downplayed that much?
Is it a lot different in open ocean water with swells at the surface?
There is a nice new article from my dive buddy, Twain on thinkingdiver on Jacket style vs BCD for recreational diver. Worth the look if not controversial, I believe:
Backplate, Harness, Wing for recreational divers | Thinking Diver
And says:Sounds good right? Forget it. The more diving you do, the more comfortable you become with being under water. The surface zone has breaking waves, boats with ladders that will whack you on the head, low-PO2 ambient air — all sorts of drawbacks! Who wants to hang out on the surface?
which is just silly (they won't "scoop" water because your arms are in the way)The under-arm inflation cells on a jacket BC will scoop water when swimming and cause drag.
This is the package I built that I'm thinking about picking up:
AquaLung Legend LX ACD Supreme Regulator
Atomic SS1 Integrated Octo Inflator
Suunto Vyper Air Wrist Computer (Complete System)
Seaquest Balance BCD with SureLock weight system
Aqualung 5mm stretch wetsuit
Dive Tool/Knife
Gloves
Safety sausage/SAD kit
Already Owned:
Mask/Snorkel/Fins/Boots/Weights
The LDS is giving me 20% off the package so it's close to internet prices. I figure if I dive around 25 times with rental gear it would end up costing the same amount.
This is the package I built that I'm thinking about picking up:
AquaLung Legend LX ACD Supreme Regulator
Atomic SS1 Integrated Octo Inflator
Suunto Vyper Air Wrist Computer (Complete System)
Seaquest Balance BCD with SureLock weight system
Aqualung 5mm stretch wetsuit
Dive Tool/Knife
Gloves
Safety sausage/SAD kit
Already Owned:
Mask/Snorkel/Fins/Boots/Weights
The LDS is giving me 20% off the package so it's close to internet prices. I figure if I dive around 25 times with rental gear it would end up costing the same amount.
MOST divers are NOT going to look for an octo in the square of the chest as most divers in our area are taught to pull the primary as LDS's in this area (we only have about a dozen) use gear with Octo~Inflators.
Living where I do, I dive a LOT of different conditions, cold mountain lakes, underground fed vents, the ocean both cold (west coast), and warm (tropical) and basically anywhere I can enjoy a dive either dry or wet. I hardly have Tunnel vision, nor do I use ONE setup for all types of diving... Maybe my *mountain* tunnel vision is a bit broader than you understand.
Ron, when I see "MOST divers" in print I assume the author means the majority of all divers, or at the very least the majority of all "active" divers. What I am contending MOST in these posts is your reasoning that since most divers trained in Denver are trained "inflator/alternate-pull the primary" most divers in the world are not going to look for the alternate in the "Triangle."