LiveGoat
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I got a serious dilemma! I'm in the process of going D.I.R. (why does that sound so Scientology-esque?). Anyway, I've been diving since I was 16 (I'm 29), and I've been going through umpteen million gear configs and for awhile was goin to quit diving all together cause I was so sick of trying to keep up with all the fads. Along comes WKPP and a configuration and philosophy that really works for me. I've got nearly all the gear that a D.I.R. recreational diver using a single tank would need but then tonight I was reading Irvine's equipment manifesto (I mean that in the best sense) and I came upon the reg config. I currently use a Zeagle (Apeks) Tech 50-D Severe 1st and two T50 second stages both with the anti freeze thingy and adjustable knobs. That's where I'm concerned.
Irvine says the backup (necklace) reg should be low performance and non balanced. Okay, I thought, and went to the Apeks site (Zeagle no longer carrying them). Problem is I could not find a low performance, non-balanced reg anywhere.
All of this leads me to ask (since I think I need a refresher on all this technical jargon):
A. What does Irvine mean by non-balanced, low performance?
B. Is the term "high performance" used by Apeks referring
to the same thing or is there something I'm missing?
C. Is it "okay" to have an adjustor knob on the necklace
reg?
Any info on this would be appreciated. I'm not trying to be a conformist DIR fascist or anything (my best friend is my dive buddy and decidedly not DIR), but I believed for a long time that at least my reg setup was ideal and now this! I have other minor gear issues that I'm working on and don't want the headache of having to get a new backup second stage. At least for a couple years when I decide to do wreck penetration! Then more gear madness!
Oh I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ray. But you may call me LiveGoat (if you want). I've been surfing this site and a couple others for years and this is my first post on this board! THE MUTE HAS SPOKEN!!
Thanks for listening.
------Das Goot (the Goat)
Irvine says the backup (necklace) reg should be low performance and non balanced. Okay, I thought, and went to the Apeks site (Zeagle no longer carrying them). Problem is I could not find a low performance, non-balanced reg anywhere.
All of this leads me to ask (since I think I need a refresher on all this technical jargon):
A. What does Irvine mean by non-balanced, low performance?
B. Is the term "high performance" used by Apeks referring
to the same thing or is there something I'm missing?
C. Is it "okay" to have an adjustor knob on the necklace
reg?
Any info on this would be appreciated. I'm not trying to be a conformist DIR fascist or anything (my best friend is my dive buddy and decidedly not DIR), but I believed for a long time that at least my reg setup was ideal and now this! I have other minor gear issues that I'm working on and don't want the headache of having to get a new backup second stage. At least for a couple years when I decide to do wreck penetration! Then more gear madness!
Oh I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ray. But you may call me LiveGoat (if you want). I've been surfing this site and a couple others for years and this is my first post on this board! THE MUTE HAS SPOKEN!!
Thanks for listening.
------Das Goot (the Goat)