BP/Wing Users: What System Do You Dive Singles With?

[California Diver]

:rofl:

1000+ dives and you havent learned ****, great job

 

[TekDiveGirl]

im just saying its always better to have a redundant air supply no matter how deep your going, if you and your buddy both have single 80s at a 100 ft and lets say you have a catastrophic reg failure towards the end of your dive i doubt your buddy will have enough gas for both of you to make it to the surface. plus trim is much better with doubles, you dont always need to dive a big set of doubles, get a right set of tanks for the job!

Well - having a personal redundant air supply is a good thing. But for the average recreational diver doubles are overkill -- and frankly there are a lot of divers who have no business in them anyway.

I disagree with your saying your buddy won't have enough gas to get you to the surface in an emergency at the end of the dive. With proper gas management - this should be no issue.

Kimber

 

[California Diver]

Well - having a personal redundant air supply is a good thing. But for the average recreational diver doubles are overkill -- and frankly there are a lot of divers who have no business in them anyway.

I disagree with your saying your buddy won't have enough gas to get you to the surface in an emergency at the end of the dive. With proper gas management - this should be no issue.

Kimber

thats assuming they are actually managing their gas supply most of the recreational divers i know surface with 500 psi left in the their tanks or frighteningly less.

 

[StSomewhere]

Here is the thead with the link to a good rock bottom discussion, plus a spreadsheet to help with the calculations. Thanks, Jason.

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=90264&highlight=rock+bottom

 

[Randy43068]

Well - having a personal redundant air supply is a good thing. But for the average recreational diver doubles are overkill -- and frankly there are a lot of divers who have no business in them anyway.

I disagree with your saying your buddy won't have enough gas to get you to the surface in an emergency at the end of the dive. With proper gas management - this should be no issue.

Kimber

you're right, proper gas management is the key here. The real problem, as eluded to by another poster, too many divers don't know anything.. ANYTHING about gas management. As to doubles, they're great if one knows how to dive 'em, but not really needed for many kinds of dives. I personally know people who dive doubles who have no business doing so. They're an accident waiting to happen.

Allow me a base comment.. YOU ARE MIGHTY FINE LOOKING!

 

[California Diver]

kimber your right some people have no business in doubles, these are the same people that need them the most hey back off my mom!

 

[TekDiveGirl]

thats assuming they are actually managing their gas supply most of the recreational divers i know surface with 500 psi left in the their tanks or frighteningly less.

Well - if they are breaking the surface with 500psi - this is enough to get their buddy to the surface. We aren't talking required stop diving here. And worse comes to worse there is always the CESA. Ideal? No - but better to do that than drown.

As you said - the right tool for the job and doubles are not always the right tool for everybody.

Kimber

 

[GreenDiverDown]

1000+ dives and you havent learned ****, great job

Oh, that's nice.

I thought that you were joking with your original comment. I see now that you were not.

Why don't you start a thread in the Basic Forum entitled, " singles suck and are IMO dangerous." I'd be glad to take that up with you. I think that comment suggests some ...hmm..."odd" thinking.

BTW, I use doubs when the dive calls for them. In fact, there are many times that I prefer them.

 

[California Diver]

yes i suppose you are right kimber, singles arent exactly as unsafe as i made them out to be, but ill stick to diving my little sets of doubles even when diving with someone on a single makes me feel more comfortable knowing i have plenty of gas for both of us and if i have a problem and i cant get to my buddy in time i still have something to fall back on, i guess a 3rd chance

 

[Randy43068]

Oh, that's nice.

I thought that you were joking with your original comment. I see now that you were not.

Why don't you start a thread in the Basic Forum entitled, " singles suck and are IMO dangerous." I'd be glad to take that up with you. I think that comment suggests some ...hmm..."odd" thinking.

BTW, I use doubs when the dive calls for them. In fact, there are many times that I prefer them.

don't lower youself to that level. Perhaps one day we'll posses the wisdom he's attained. Obviously you didn't learn anything from those thousand + dives you have.