You could show us peons how it's done.Post vid. Gotta be in a drysuit.
So far we have a guy who had to wrap himself around a pipe to stop from corking.
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You could show us peons how it's done.Post vid. Gotta be in a drysuit.
So far we have a guy who had to wrap himself around a pipe to stop from corking.
If you watched that video and you saw it as a good thing that you think others should emulate, you are really going to struggle with a choptima. A backmount unit will be a much easier learning curve as you can start everything over from scratch.Is there a reason you're rig can't?
Not my vid. We did this in open water training. Easy breezy.
First off, the thing is a two person lift wherever you have to move it once assembled, in and out of the truck in and out of the boat, on and off the bench, in and out of the rinse tub. While we were using DPV's most of the time the GUE diver admitted that it was a bit of a struggle to swim the thing without a DPV. He was a pretty fit bloke, did a lot of triathlon, he noted he needed to undertake a leg strengthening routine to handle the unit.
Having picked one up a few days ago and walked around with it, it didn't really feel much heavier than double 108s. I'm not a calibrated scale but I wasn't shocked by the weight.I'm not a CCR diver, but my experiences don't track. I regularly dive in mixed teams with GUE-configured JJ divers at least 1-2 times a month, and the divers I've seen are fine with handling/moving their units around. Most of the time, they are moving the units from their vehicles to their work table/ truck tailgates by sliding themselves into the harness and walking it over. Heck, one guy even arrives with his store in the back seat of a sedan, grabs it, and moves it to his work table.
Further, these are shore dives, and the entries are anything but flat - these divers seem to be okay walking up and down hills or stairs. No issues are swimming around, either.
The divers I refer to are "fit" but a far cry from Triathalon athletes. Just my experiences.
It isn’t, it’s all pros x cons. My fathom set up with 3lt bottles is certainly lighter than when set up the GUE-JJ configuration, either with LP50s or AL40s. But the boat diving convenience of the GUE-JJ configuration far outweights the gain in “lightness” of the 3lt configuration for me.Having picked one up a few days ago and walked around with it, it didn't really feel much heavier than double 108s. I'm not a calibrated scale but I wasn't shocked by the weight.
Though not double 108’s, I've slithered outa my double 100’s and into someone's GUE rigged JJ after a dive and just for kicks walked around for quick moment - I don't recall anything notable like “oh sh*t, this thing is heavy”.Having picked one up a few days ago and walked around with it, it didn't really feel much heavier than double 108s. I'm not a calibrated scale but I wasn't shocked by the weight.
Then put the GUE JJJJ down and try a 'normal' backmount rebreather to see the light!Though not double 108’s, I've slithered outa my double 100’s and into someone's GUE rigged JJ after a dive and just for kicks walked around for quick moment - I don't recall anything notable like “oh sh*t, this thing is heavy”.