Diving gear uniformity in a club

[Anthony Appleyard]

I am in England. I heard once of a scuba diving club that had a rule that all its members for diving must use one particular make of stab-jacket, and one particular make of regulator system, so that in an emergency everybody knows how to operate everybody else's kit. How frequent is that sort of rule or request?

 

[jstreetley]

Never heard of it.

Same overall configuration perhaps: long hose primary, one pocket for emergency equipment and one for regular equipment or similar. (I’ve never dived in a team diving set-up.) but I’ve not heard of a the manufacturer being specified.

 

[rivers]

Find a different club mate. Plenty to choose from in the UK. My club has everything from single tanks to twinsets, surmount and rebreaters. Standard jackets of every make to various wings, etc. And regs, mostly apeks. But that's because they are cheap

 

[DanielRJones]

Not mine.
I have a wild range.
Alot of the new divers who qualify are ending up with the same kit but that is because the shop is a dealer so all end up with northern diver dry suits and aqualung bcd/regs
I use Robin hood or typhoon drysuit depending how I feel a Cressi wetsuit zeagle bcd and apeks regs

 

[northernone]

Wild range is most common.

I do know a group of divers with a very strong leader who was an excellent salesman and convinced his 'club members' one particular configuration and brand he sold was best so they ended up looking cloned with matching equipment. This is very uncommon.

With so many personalities and body types in diving we keep buying many different brands and enjoying somewhat non standardized equipment. Since it is a hobby.

Regards,
Cameron

 

[Rred]

Its England, old chap. You wear the school tie and the school uniform and if you don't like it, off you go, you don't belong there. Or perhaps "I heard once" means someone was pulling your chain and you fell for it?

In the US we routinely hear about "uniformed paramilitary youth organizations burning flags in park!" when it is just the local Scout troop conducting the proper destruction of badly worn flags.

 

[PfcAJ]

I am in England. I heard once of a scuba diving club that had a rule that all its members for diving must use one particular make of stab-jacket, and one particular make of regulator system, so that in an emergency everybody knows how to operate everybody else's kit. How frequent is that sort of rule or request?

A certain style of BC and reg is entirely possible.

GUE teaches something like what you describe.

The brand doesn't matter though.

 

[Bob DBF]

Yeah, I my first thought was DIR or GUE.

Personally I would never belong to a club that would have me as a member.


Bob

 

[HantsDiver]

GUE is unlikely in the UK. Rather than a club it's more of a close association and a facebook group. And they would not dictate the reg.

BSAC - get the wrong group and it's all buddy commandos, 15l and a 3l pony and that is the staple for relatively advanced ocean diving (called sports diving in their book) - oh and apeks atx40's (which I recomend as well). I'd avoid BSAC groups like this - not all bsac divers are idiots, but all bsac groups contain idiots (that I've experienced).

 

[Anthony Appleyard]

Sorry :: in scuba diving, what is GUE? (I know what DIR is.)

(About "the proper destruction of badly worn flags" above :: likely it is to avoid someone misusing old worn flags by cutting them up to make dusters, or suchlike.)