My venture into Sidemount.

[Jax]

Well look at it this way. Not much longer and Rob can fix everything and it will work right

I just hope the weather holds . . .

 

[Kevin Carlisle]

LOL - You are going to have to repeat this latest exercise!

Seriously - Are you using the Dive Rite Chokers on your tank setup?

YouTube - Nomad Sidemount Tank Chokers

Dwayne

The chokers have nothing to do with trim.

 

[Kevin Carlisle]

I just hope the weather holds . . .

I promise the water will be a nice 68 degrees

 

[Jax]

It seems I'm too short to wear the valves in my armpits. It puts the tail of the tank too far back.

 

[Jax]

I promise the water will be a nice 68 degrees

Right! :lol: Says the guy who tells me his suit freezes after coming out out of the water!

 

[Dive-aholic]

Yeah, and we don't want to hear how COLD it is either. It's a freezing 73^oF here!

Your AC must be on the fritz! Either that or you like it too warm...

It seems I'm too short to wear the valves in my armpits. It puts the tail of the tank too far back.

It's all a matter of rigging it up correctly....n:blinking:

 

[DiveGearExpress]

Just in case anybody's in these neighborhoods...

I see that Dive Rite is holding a couple of Side-Mount demos over the next few days. Sunday (12/5/2010) in Virginia Beach and Wednesday (12/8/2010) in Lyndhurst, NY. For more details, see their FaceBook profile.

 

[Doppler]

It seems I'm too short to wear the valves in my armpits. It puts the tail of the tank too far back.

??? Nah! How tall are you (I'd prefer metric but those "we love the queen" units you folks use will do), what size tanks, and how far from the base of your tank to the anchor point of your rear clips (cam bands, whatever)?

 

[Jax]

??? Nah! How tall are you (I'd prefer metric but those "we love the queen" units you folks use will do), what size tanks, and how far from the base of your tank to the anchor point of your rear clips (cam bands, whatever)?

Sorry, I'm teasing Rob . . . :blush:

I've been trying to get my bungees shortened to put the tanks in proper position - Rob's been critiquing via pics and videos . . . .


It's my latest excuse for being singularly incapable!

I'm 5'4" and using Worthington -100's

 

[Peter Guy]

Jax, if you haven't gotten a dry suit yet, you might find that Rob (or at least Jen) has a different attitude towards the Fusion now. Lynne and I were both diving our Fusions this week. They are a very nice suit for caves, OW, warm or cold. IF you are going to use them in cold water, just make sure you get one big enough to easily get the heavy undergarments in.

It sounds like you and Lynne are about the same size and she is very comfortable in the Sm/Med Fusion -- but she also wears my L/XL as her backup suit. She couldn't wear the White's boots but I find them wonderful