MSargeant
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The Stealth has 'drop' D rings on the back (the square ones that hang below the webbing), you can clip pouches, spools & equipment and even your tanks on them.
My first Sidemount Kit, piecing it together
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The Stealth has 'drop' D rings on the back (the square ones that hang below the webbing), you can clip pouches, spools & equipment and even your tanks on them.
Any particular reason why? I found the Neto book to be quite thorough. Maybe not $65 thorough but still pretty good.
Underwater Tourist
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Video format trumps books when it comes to education and demonstrating how things are set up (especially equipment)
Doesn’t mean the book is bad, the video is just better
Doesn’t mean the book is bad, the video is just better
Fair enough.
I’m a book learner, I’ve never been a huge fan of any kind of elearning or youtube-ish education. I will admit the sidemounting.com videos are well done; that said the “setup fee” and subscription structure they have is a non starter for me.
Jens Bölte
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Hello
The second edition of the Neto book is much better IMHO than the first edition. But still the photos are of extremely bad quality.
Best wishes Jens
The second edition of the Neto book is much better IMHO than the first edition. But still the photos are of extremely bad quality.
Best wishes Jens
J-Vo
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It's well worth a years subscription if your self teaching. Those guys have put thousands of hours into making that content.
My hog regs have served me well in all sorts of conditions (ie miles into caves, under ice, zero viz dirty water, strong currents, over 200’ deep, etc).
Im also a vote for rubber instead of milflex.
My slipstreams have been my favorite fins.
Bungee yes, but no rubber tubing for the primary tanks. They do not need set up like stages, just a boltsnap clamped on and some bungee to hold the hoses down is enough.
Size of tanks depends on exposure protection and planned dives. Lp steels are great if you are in chilly water and wearing a drysuit, al80’s for thin suits in warm water and my personal favorite for the casual open water dive in a drysuit with thin undergarments are lp50’s with a “good fill”.
Al40 is a good size tank for deco mixes.
For redundant buoyancy drysuits count, so if the water isn’t silly warm it is more convenient to dive dry.
Im also a vote for rubber instead of milflex.
My slipstreams have been my favorite fins.
Bungee yes, but no rubber tubing for the primary tanks. They do not need set up like stages, just a boltsnap clamped on and some bungee to hold the hoses down is enough.
Size of tanks depends on exposure protection and planned dives. Lp steels are great if you are in chilly water and wearing a drysuit, al80’s for thin suits in warm water and my personal favorite for the casual open water dive in a drysuit with thin undergarments are lp50’s with a “good fill”.
Al40 is a good size tank for deco mixes.
For redundant buoyancy drysuits count, so if the water isn’t silly warm it is more convenient to dive dry.
He seems to be listing things needed for a stage kit and not sidemount
For my sidemount rigging, I got my gear from D'Luxe Dive Gear. Great people based out of Germany. I have been diving their gear for 5 years now and have no issues at all with it.
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