This is rather silly. The BC goes on the tank. The reg is attached to the the tank valve, LP hose connected to inflator. It ain't rocket science.
I've dove with plenty of dive ops that take the gear and have it set up for you by the time you're on the boat. It takes about 5 seconds to verify they've done everything right, then a double-check that air is on, inflator works, regs breathe, get in water. A very competent dive op recently put my reg on upside-down, at least upside-down from the way I like it. That took about 10 seconds to re-do, they saw me re-do it, and they got it right the next time. It ain't rocket science.
Anyone claiming things like "Those who don't want to or can't set up their own gear...likely aren't the types to be reading and participating is this forum " or "Certainly most people in this forum are going to want to set up their own gear. Once a year divers don't hang out here," really need to get out more.
Now having someone else set up your rebreather, that's a different story. And no one touches my camera unless I say so.
I've dove with plenty of dive ops that take the gear and have it set up for you by the time you're on the boat. It takes about 5 seconds to verify they've done everything right, then a double-check that air is on, inflator works, regs breathe, get in water. A very competent dive op recently put my reg on upside-down, at least upside-down from the way I like it. That took about 10 seconds to re-do, they saw me re-do it, and they got it right the next time. It ain't rocket science.
Anyone claiming things like "Those who don't want to or can't set up their own gear...likely aren't the types to be reading and participating is this forum " or "Certainly most people in this forum are going to want to set up their own gear. Once a year divers don't hang out here," really need to get out more.
Now having someone else set up your rebreather, that's a different story. And no one touches my camera unless I say so.