Well it depends if your "octopus" is one of those hockey puck yeah I'm sort of a second stage type devices I would get a new second stage. If like mine its just another second stage albiet maybe not as expensive as my primary I'd stay with it.
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This is, IMO, a VERY important question. All the answers given above are based on an assumtion of what you want to do. Take the time to think about what you want to do now and what you think you want to do in a year or two.Originally Posted by Gilldiver
Every time I get asked about doubles I ask back "what do you want to do?
I´d say that this is the most common way to rig your hoses...Originally Posted by Meng_Tze
Right post is primary reg and inflator hose. Left post is backup reg, optional drysuit inflator and spg.
Are 80cft going to be enough for you going forward? Most people when they go on the path of different gasses, find that 80cft doesn't last as long as you are able to go. Steel tanks are not generally used as stages because of buoyancy characteristics. AL80's are.jduncan:Thanks everyone.
As for what we are going to be doing - That is clear in my original post - We are looking to have enough gas to do some deep diving to 130 feet, within NDL, and have enough reserve gas to surface with safety stops if one buddy has an OOA situation at depth. We'll also likely be using EAN 28%.
In a year, we may move toward taking the advanced nitrox/deco classes.
So that sums up what we want to do.
I think I have decided that we are going to get the PST E7 HP80 tanks for doubles. They are cheaper than using our fabers, and it will allow us to keep the four fabers we have for single tank dives. Plus the E7's are lighter.
We will be drysuit diving with these.
We'll get another set of GS200 regs to match the current ones.
We'll get OMS 8" tank bands
We'll get OMS 45 pound lift bungee wings (enough lift?)
Well get OMS 300 BAR Rotation crossbar manifolds
How long should the hose be on the new second stages?
Anything else I've missed here?
Thanks again.
Jeff