Octo Plus on an OMS bladder?

[madmathew13]

I was wondering if I can use a Zeagle or Oceanic alternate air source on my OMS bladder. I like the idea of having less hoses and these seem to be becoming more popular. Any advice?

 

[rescuediver009]

Go for it. It's not DIR if you're thinking of travelling that road, but those things are universal except for one thing. On the octo, there will be a silver bar going across the part where the corrugated hose attaches. OMS has no pull dump integrated in their hose, Oceanic does. Hope that's not too wordy

 

[ColdH20diving]

I have an Oceanic AIRXS attached to the dump hose on my OMS wing. It works okay, however, I'm thinking about going back to the traditional octopus. I would not recommend using the pull dump feature found on the Oceanic ( and others ), IMO they are an accident waiting to happen.

 

[rescuediver009]

I would agree that they are an accident waiting to happen. They gasket in the dump asembly frequently gets dislodged and results in a leaky BC. All I was saying before though was that the OMS and Oceanic's don't have the same features as far as pull dumps go.

 

[madmathew13]

Thanks for the advice,I've never used that pull dump feature before so I don't think that will be a problem.

 

[rescuediver009]

madmathew13 once bubbled...
Thanks for the advice,I've never used that pull dump feature before so I don't think that will be a problem.

You misunderstood. the OMS doesn;t have it. The oceanic's do. That;s why i was saying that you won't have a use for the bar that anchors the cable...

 

[madmathew13]

I guess I wasn't very clear. I haven't ever used the dump on the other BCs I have used before. I just got this OMS and haven't been able to dive with it yet. I probably won't for another 6 or 7 months since I'm in Kuwait and now they are telling us that we will be spending a year in country.

 

[rescuediver009]

Wow that sucks. But go ahead with the integrated octo. It should help reducing one more hose.

 

[bedazzle410]

Go for it. It's not DIR if you're thinking of travelling that road, but those things are universal except for one thing. On the octo, there will be a silver bar going across the part where the corrugated hose attaches. OMS has no pull dump integrated in their hose, Oceanic does. Hope that's not too wordy

OMS offers as a option a pull dump inflator hose you can also use a dive right inflator hose that has a pull dump