all4scuba05
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Is that the only dump you have? No right shoulder dump?
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Charlie99:Why are you "constantly juggling the computer and the inflator hose"?
Staring at a computer to judge ascent rate is IMO the hard way to do it. Pick out some floating gunk in the water and use that to judge your instantaneous ascent rate. Occasionally look at your computer to see if the depth and time match up with where you what to be at that time.
In the same way, you shouldn't have to be continuously dumping air. Use your lungs for fine control, and you just need to dump a few times on the way up.
Better technique would eliminate the need for changing gear configuration.
gt3073b:Here's one of those things that just felt dumb one day and has bothered me since.
On ascent, I'm constantly juggling the computer and the inflator hose. My solution has been to pull the computer (Suunto Cobra) and hose across my chest and hold it with my right hand and hold the inflator hose with my left hand.
It works, but it just feels awkward. What is the best technique for this?
all4scuba05:Is that the only dump you have? No right shoulder dump?
spectrum:Personally I have a lot more finesse using the inflator dump while making a slow ascent. If I vent too much recovery is handy too. My shoulder dumps vent fast.
To the OP....
I have changed my HP hose to a 42 inch to give me a nice view on my compass and I have no trouble tossing the console to my right hand and managng buoyancy with my left during horizontal or vertical ascents. The console is on a short bungee bolt snapped to my left shoulder D ring.
Pete
spectrum:Personally I have a lot more finesse using the inflator dump while making a slow ascent. If I vent too much recovery is handy too. My shoulder dumps vent fast.
But you still don't have to continuously adjust. Although this morning's dive was in a full 5mm wetsuit, I have used 7mm full with 7mm jacket and still didn't find a need to continously hang onto either my inflator or pull dump.stevead:Easy to say in Hawaii when there's not a whole lot of suit compression, but in other parts of the world, lungs simply aren't enough, and we need to use the BC for the purpose for which it was intended: to compensate for bouyancy changes.