Breathing from freeflowing reg

[ontario-diver]

Absolutely Web Monkey, if your gonna venture into the cold, then a cold water reg is a must....

 

[SwimJim]

How about not diving in 30-something degree water without a cold-water reg? While it's great to not try to provoke a freeflow, what happens if you actually need to breath heavier due to exertion or stress, or another diver needs to share air with you?

Would you fly in a plane where the captain told everybody to "leave their reading lights off so the engines wouldn't stall"?

Terry

You make about zero sense. Do you actually read your own posts? What kind of moron would take a non sealed reg into a thirty degree environmet? It will free flow, it will freeze your gums and it will decrease your life expectency. Of course you guys are all buddy dependant so you will kill two people for the price of one. I know you just might get a paper cut, but crack the books for gods sake.

Jim

 

[Web Monkey]

You make about zero sense. Do you actually read your own posts? What kind of moron would take a non sealed reg into a thirty degree environmet? It will free flow, it will freeze your gums and it will decrease your life expectency. Of course you guys are all buddy dependant so you will kill two people for the price of one. I know you just might get a paper cut, but crack the books for gods sake.

Jim

I make zero sense for recommending that someone diving in freezing cold water might want an actual cold-water regulator?

Hey, whatever floats your boat.

Everybody is talking about how to handle a regulator freezup, while my preference is to dive a reg that doesn't freeze.

Terry

 

[Tigerman]

I make zero sense for recommending that someone diving in freezing cold water might want an actual cold-water regulator?

Hey, whatever floats your boat.

Everybody is talking about how to handle a regulator freezup, while my preference is to dive a reg that doesn't freeze.

Terry

Actually, unless i need glasses BADLY everyone is talking about breahting from a free flowing regulator, which is NOT neccesarilly a frozen regulator..

Other than that.. No, you shouldnt dive a regulator in cold water if it wasnt designed for it.. which mine is
Now if there just wasnt ice on the lake..

 

[ontario-diver]

Tigerman
Yes we were but it escilated into talking about the most common reason for the freeflow, which is cold water diving.

 

[ontario-diver]

Swim Jim, I think you misunderstood, Webmonkey is saying the same thing you are.

 

[MikeFerrara]

You make about zero sense. Do you actually read your own posts? What kind of moron would take a non sealed reg into a thirty degree environmet? It will free flow, it will freeze your gums and it will decrease your life expectency. Of course you guys are all buddy dependant so you will kill two people for the price of one. I know you just might get a paper cut, but crack the books for gods sake.

Jim

Lots of "non-sealed" regs perform well in cold water. Of course all diaphragm regs are pretty well sealed even without an extra seal. Still to say "an unsealed reg will free flow" is false, although, sealed regs can also free flow. To say that a free flow will shorten you life expectancy is also false. No divers life should ever depend on the function of a single regulator. A free flow can be a royal PITA but it should never be life threatening.

Specifically which books are you refering to? By all means, lets review and lets do it right here on the board. You lead, ok?

 

[divingvagabond]

as far as free flow regulators go, they are not a big deal if you handle it properly and stay calm. I did a entire dive(although short) with a free-flowing reg. max depth about 45fsw it shortens your dive and you better have you eyes glued to your air gauge if your reg ever free-flows. if you have never experienced pratice it in a pool or in "stand up" water, so if you can't do it you can just stand up out of the water. all you really need to do to breather from it relatively comfortably is hold it not quite all the way in your mouth and breathe. cheers

 

[TheHobster]

Im a PADI class we do this for 30 seconds and yes the air gets COLD - while the video shows people taking the reg out, and then back etc, I just tell people to leave their lower lip loose - with the new comfy mouthpices the top peice of rubber can hinder the press against the lips style

 

[RayJayJr]

I'm going ice diving on saturday - The ice was 22 inches think at last measuring - and it was -20 C.


I'm diving rentals, which have had their intermediate pressure adjusted - I'm expecting at least one free flow - I'll post with my opinion later!