Hose routing

[Munin]

AT, do you dive with both inflators connected at all times? I assume you use only one bladder normally. Have you considered the effect of a slow leak in your backup inflator that fills the bladder without your knowledge? This is often cited as one of the reasons not to dive a double bladdered bc, at least with both inflators connected.

 

[Rick Murchison]

From my perspective, a double bladder is fine if you're diving wet - it provides a level of redundancy. But if dry, your redundancy is in your drysuit and the second bladder becomes an added failure point with no required benefit.
Rick

 

[AquaTec]

Thanks Rick and Munin for the constructive oppinions. I enoy learning how others think and why they do what they do.

I do not connect the reserve inflator hose, for the reasons Munnin stressed.

I do dive the bladder both wet and dry. I use a differnt rig in caves. [Dive Rite Classic wing with ABS backplate]

I don't see the failure point on the reserve bladder, except the extra inflator hose off the 1st stage, which i could eliminate and use the same hose for both sides i suppose