I wonder what the % of the 99% of jacket BCD sales are for rental gear...
Also, what is the % of double hose regulator sales these days??
Double Hose regulators- Have you seen anyone diving them?
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I wonder what the % of the 99% of jacket BCD sales are for rental gear...
Also, what is the % of double hose regulator sales these days??
Bob DBF
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Probably make that 1% look big, even if you tossed in the rebreathers.
Bob
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Just yesterday at the Casino Point dive park. One was worn by a fellow SB member and the other by a local vintage diver. I can almost remember when I used to dive one.
I was on a liveaboard off the Cannell Islands, California in April 1999 and the boat own dove the classic Mikl Nelso twin tanks with double hose requlator. It looked a little weird, but was fully functional. The same diver dove in a rust colored wet suit that must have been an early prototype from the 50's or 60s. BTW, remember the underwater knife fights from sea hunt? They always cut the exhaust hose, so no danger ensued.
DivemasterDennis
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DaleC
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Up here I am the only guy I have seen. There must be others but, it's a big country. One time I did meet pj at a lake so he could try his Navy DA out but otherwise that's it.
When Luis comes on line with the "modern" one 
raying:, I'll more than likely become an owner....
raying:, I'll more than likely become an owner....
The gear that is used varies dramatically by region.
When I and a couple of other people working for the shop with which I used to work started tech, we could not purchase our BP/W's through the shop at our employee discount because the shop did not have a vendor who made BP/Ws. When the shop finally took the step of getting a vendor who sold that kind of gear, the shop's buyer came to me while I was practicing in the pool to ask questions about the design of the gear, etc. Neither she (with thousands of dives) the store manager (with thousands of dives), the owner (with hundreds of dives), nor the shop's Course Director had ever seen a BP/W. Once the shop committed and actually got some in stock, they never sold a single one to anyone outside of the people taking the tech class.
I am not working for a different shop, and I am in charge of trying to start the advanced recreational/tech program. The owner and one of the other instructors are the only people who had ever seen a BP/W before I arrived. It is very hard to convince the owner (with nearly 30 years experience as the owner) to have any inventory, because he doesn't think they will sell.
Colorado has among the highest number of divers per capita in the nation. I have been in at least a dozen shops in the state, and I don't recall seeing a BP/W on display anywhere.
I assure you that almost no one in either shop has ever seen a double hose regulator in use.
What you see where you live may or may not be reflective of the industry as a whole.
When I and a couple of other people working for the shop with which I used to work started tech, we could not purchase our BP/W's through the shop at our employee discount because the shop did not have a vendor who made BP/Ws. When the shop finally took the step of getting a vendor who sold that kind of gear, the shop's buyer came to me while I was practicing in the pool to ask questions about the design of the gear, etc. Neither she (with thousands of dives) the store manager (with thousands of dives), the owner (with hundreds of dives), nor the shop's Course Director had ever seen a BP/W. Once the shop committed and actually got some in stock, they never sold a single one to anyone outside of the people taking the tech class.
I am not working for a different shop, and I am in charge of trying to start the advanced recreational/tech program. The owner and one of the other instructors are the only people who had ever seen a BP/W before I arrived. It is very hard to convince the owner (with nearly 30 years experience as the owner) to have any inventory, because he doesn't think they will sell.
Colorado has among the highest number of divers per capita in the nation. I have been in at least a dozen shops in the state, and I don't recall seeing a BP/W on display anywhere.
I assure you that almost no one in either shop has ever seen a double hose regulator in use.
What you see where you live may or may not be reflective of the industry as a whole.
Eric Sedletzky
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I dive my DA Aquamaster once in a while in Northern California (North Coast).
I've dove with two vintage divers from the central valley before, Duckbill and Fish n Beer.
I've run into Bob DBF a few times on a beach up here but he was using his modern gear (Sherwoods I think).
I,ve used mine at the Breakwater in Monterey (big open water class and gear testing site). The reactions were hysterical.
Other than those few times I have never seen anybody else use one in California.
However, I did run into a Monterey boat captain who was on vacation ab diving and camping up in Mendocino, and just happened to be in the site next to me. He saw my double hose and was enthralled. He said he'd be more than happy to let me dive it on his boat sometime.
I suspect there *might* be 12 people at the very most who actively dive one in the entire state.
That's pretty sad considering this is where scuba started in the US.
I've dove with two vintage divers from the central valley before, Duckbill and Fish n Beer.
I've run into Bob DBF a few times on a beach up here but he was using his modern gear (Sherwoods I think).
I,ve used mine at the Breakwater in Monterey (big open water class and gear testing site). The reactions were hysterical.
Other than those few times I have never seen anybody else use one in California.
However, I did run into a Monterey boat captain who was on vacation ab diving and camping up in Mendocino, and just happened to be in the site next to me. He saw my double hose and was enthralled. He said he'd be more than happy to let me dive it on his boat sometime.
I suspect there *might* be 12 people at the very most who actively dive one in the entire state.
That's pretty sad considering this is where scuba started in the US.
Yet, according to the current status of this poll, more than a fifth of ScubaBoard users use them, and about 55% either use them or have seen them in use.
My only point in this is a warning that ScubaBord poll results are quite famously not reflective of what goes on in the actual diving world.
chrpai
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I know what goes on in the real world. I choose not to associate with much of it.
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