ptshrdn
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Not wanting to continue renting post-COVID, I decided to buy the one remaining piece of gear I didn't have, a regulator. Although I am still relatively inexperienced (AOW, nitrox, ~30 dives), my BCD is a BP/W and I am a fan of streamlining my gear configuration. I do not, however, have any plans to do any tech diving and I am 100% sure I will never do a cave dive.
With that all in mind, I decided to buy the "streamlined" package after a bit of reading & watching YouTube videos, meaning long hose, primary donate, secondary on necklace. My research led me to believe that 7' primaries are used for cave diving, so I bought the package with a 5' primary hose.
Apparently, however, I didn't do quite enough research, because I didn't realize that the common config for the long hose goes around your head. I'm pretty tall and will need to make sure this is going to work for me. I also didn't realize I need to put a bolt snap on the primary to keep it secure while not in use. So, here is my current checklist:
* Put bolt snaps on the SPG & primary, on the hoses just outside the ferrule
* Get in a pool, check out the hose routing & make sure the 5' hose will work
* My primary didn't come with a swivel, where most packages I see do -- decide if I need to add this based on how much "pull" there is
* Get in a pool with my dive buddy (wife) and practice donate procedures
Am I missing anything obvious? Should we do the last step with a local instructor? Thanks.
With that all in mind, I decided to buy the "streamlined" package after a bit of reading & watching YouTube videos, meaning long hose, primary donate, secondary on necklace. My research led me to believe that 7' primaries are used for cave diving, so I bought the package with a 5' primary hose.
Apparently, however, I didn't do quite enough research, because I didn't realize that the common config for the long hose goes around your head. I'm pretty tall and will need to make sure this is going to work for me. I also didn't realize I need to put a bolt snap on the primary to keep it secure while not in use. So, here is my current checklist:
* Put bolt snaps on the SPG & primary, on the hoses just outside the ferrule
* Get in a pool, check out the hose routing & make sure the 5' hose will work
* My primary didn't come with a swivel, where most packages I see do -- decide if I need to add this based on how much "pull" there is
* Get in a pool with my dive buddy (wife) and practice donate procedures
Am I missing anything obvious? Should we do the last step with a local instructor? Thanks.