Beautiful Poseidon BeSea - anyone have this BC???

[djanni]

LOL, What humour? Aeqous? I guess I just haven't sunk deep enough to be on your level and understand it.

I'd hazard a guess that you don't know a little more than what "Schloss" is. :shakehead

Foe example: Ferraris are made in Italy, it's still in Europe but a different country again...
Volvo are Swedish while there are no cars made in Switzerland.
Germany on the other hand has plenty of cars made: Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz and some more...They make excellent beer also. You should try some when you'll be there, your sense of humour will increase immediately and we may understand it...

Here you go again. Why are you so ill tempered all the time?

BTW: The spelling is "aqueous" humor.

 

[SparticleBrane]

Obsessed... totally and hopelessly obsessed. Consider taking off the blinders and let a little light in.

Here--I "took the blinders off" for a few dives...
I learned how to dive in an Eclipse 40--it's what we use in the pool at NCSU. They wanted us to interact with a dive shop to see how that's done so we had to rent our own gear for open water training. Having always used a bp/w setup I didn't know what a jacket was. Turns out they also had an Eclipse to rent...too bad I didn't call snatches on it.
Anyway, the open water dives sucked. The jacket was a POS and I hated it. I couldn't get it to fit quite right, it wasn't nice and snug.
When we went down to the keys, the shop gave us jackets to use. Again--POS.
When I worked at a dive shop over the summer I had to use a jacket whenever we went out because I had not bought anything else at this point.
Eventually I just broke down and bought an Eclipse 30 and haven't looked back. I will never dive with a jacket style BC again unless someone is pointing a gun to my head.

So yes, I dove "without blinders" for a while and hated it. :mooner:

 

[djanni]

Here--I "took the blinders off" for a few dives...
I learned how to dive in an Eclipse 40--it's what we use in the pool at NCSU. They wanted us to interact with a dive shop to see how that's done so we had to rent our own gear for open water training. Having always used a bp/w setup I didn't know what a jacket was. Turns out they also had an Eclipse to rent...too bad I didn't call snatches on it.
Anyway, the open water dives sucked. The jacket was a POS and I hated it. I couldn't get it to fit quite right, it wasn't nice and snug.
When we went down to the keys, the shop gave us jackets to use. Again--POS.
When I worked at a dive shop over the summer I had to use a jacket whenever we went out because I had not bought anything else at this point.
Eventually I just broke down and bought an Eclipse 30 and haven't looked back. I will never dive with a jacket style BC again unless someone is pointing a gun to my head.

So yes, I dove "without blinders" for a while and hated it. :mooner:

Well, you deserve a big attaboy!!! So here it is: Attaboy! SparticleBrane!

When you turn your head around it looks funny...":mooner:" Are you balding? It's hard to tell. What exactly is that back there?

 

[SparticleBrane]

I was just posting my experiences. If you are happy with your conventional jacket-style BC, then by all mean use it. Use whatever works for you.
A bp/w setup is what works for me so that's what I use.

I will say that the best part of going to the open water training dives at NCSU is listening to the new students complain about the BCs they had to rent. "What the heck is this?" "Why is there only one tank strap?"

There's no need to be Mr. Sarcastic.
Personally I believe that if you used a bp/w setup with someone who could help you set it up properly, AND you did it with an open mind, that you would probably sell whatever you're currently using.

 

[djanni]

I was just posting my experiences. If you are happy with your conventional jacket-style BC, then by all mean use it. Use whatever works for you.
A bp/w setup is what works for me so that's what I use.

I will say that the best part of going to the open water training dives at NCSU is listening to the new students complain about the BCs they had to rent. "What the heck is this?" "Why is there only one tank strap?"

There's no need to be Mr. Sarcastic.
Personally I believe that if you used a bp/w setup with someone who could help you set it up properly, AND you did it with an open mind, that you would probably sell whatever you're currently using.

If you're talking to me I have experience diving a bp/w. That's how I know they are not the panacea you and other's try to convience people they are.

They have their place, their strengths and their following just as jacket BC's and back inflates BC's have theirs. Sorry, but there is no magic in a bp/w.

I'm glad you like your Hammerhead but it's the context and innuendo associated with comments like this one of yours that are missleading; "Why is there only one tank strap?" There is a simple answer to that question... 1 is all that's needed. You imply having 1 tank band is dangerous and you imply that so you can make a bp/w seem like a better choice to people who don't know any better.

 

[aquaoren]

Here you go again. Why are you so ill tempered all the time?

BTW: The spelling is "aqueous" humor.

LOL, when you'll be fluid in 5 languages and english will be just another foreign language for you, we'll talk again. I guess my English is still better than your German or Russian, eh?
And I still think that not knowing the difference between Swiss and Swedish is worse.

 

[SparticleBrane]

Correct, I am completely implying that I would MUCH rather have two tank straps. Whenever I see someone with one tank strap, their tank is usually hanging so fara down that their valve is in the middle of their back and the bottom of their tank is hanging below their butt--ie the tank is in danger of slipping right out. If part of their first stage blew they would NEVER be able to reach their valve underwater to shut it down.
In a system where there are two tank straps this is usually solved, since the higher of the two straps is higher than the single strap on the normal BC. Thus the tank is higher, making it less prone to slipping out (due to two straps) and making the valve much easier to reach.
I believe we can both agree that having TWO tank straps is much more secure and stable than having one. "One is all that's needed" ?? Two is one, and one is none.


Personally I don't like the whole "surrounded by buoyancy" feeling--I much prefer it all on my back. The feel of a jacket-style just isn't as stable as it could be. I like to be physically connected to my tank, however, so I like the backplate setup. Thus, a bp/w.

I just don't understand why you are so anti-bp/w. It makes zero-sense to me at all.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

I would have to disagree with you on the camband thing.

 

[aquaoren]

I also agree on the camband thing.
You can't blame the BC for an owner who straps the tank in the wrong position.
When I dove a jacket, it was a SeaQuest Pro QD with 1 strap. Never lost a tank.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

Yah... a single band is fine on a hardpack.