DJ, I think you're reading Steve Martin's site wrong. The videos are 100 Euros or 130 Euros if you want all five. That's total cost. But, as with all things, if you don't think that they will be worth it, don't buy them. His main focus and diving rig is the Stealth though. He goes through how to properly set it up. More or less the same things that Patrick and the guys at Protec will go over with you.
Razorista, I've used the Stealth with all types of valves. No issues. You strike me as an "internet diver". You seem to just recite what you find on the internet and on Youtube rather than speaking from personal experience. I think the others have shown "the emperor has no clothes". You're doing what Bogaerts refers to in his interviews as "the partially sighted leading the blind."
Victor, I dive my Stealth with what I consider heavy steels. And even a stage...without using the buttplate. If we're comparing systems by how much cave they've explored, then the Hollis is going to lose. The Nomad would win. I'm pretty sure even Bogaerts was wearing a Nomad when he did his big connections. The SMS100 is modified to be like the Armadillo. The SMS75 is designed to be like the Armadillo. The Hog is an offshoot of that. Same with the Contour. So why not just get an Armadillo? The most recently opened caves in Mexico (Doggi, Caterpillar, Bobcat, Xulo, Nahoch Pek) have had their exploration done by people wearing the Stealth. There's a lot of line that's been laid. And they're always pushing new systems, and will be pushing a huge new one this fall.
The wing of the Razor is designed that way on purpose. The highest point of the wing is in the lower back. In the water, that's the first place air will go, the lower back. Same with the Stealth. All other systems put air to the shoulders first before migrating down to the back. So you either put trim weights up by your shoulders or dive overweighted so that you can add more air to your wing to force some down to the lower back.
I don't believe that the Hollis comes with directions for setting it up, or how to modify it so that it can work correctly or at least better. The HOG didn't come with directions (we just brought 2 rigs in). My back mount twins didn't come with instructions either. Perhaps we have high expectations for the Razor?
Razorista, I've used the Stealth with all types of valves. No issues. You strike me as an "internet diver". You seem to just recite what you find on the internet and on Youtube rather than speaking from personal experience. I think the others have shown "the emperor has no clothes". You're doing what Bogaerts refers to in his interviews as "the partially sighted leading the blind."
Victor, I dive my Stealth with what I consider heavy steels. And even a stage...without using the buttplate. If we're comparing systems by how much cave they've explored, then the Hollis is going to lose. The Nomad would win. I'm pretty sure even Bogaerts was wearing a Nomad when he did his big connections. The SMS100 is modified to be like the Armadillo. The SMS75 is designed to be like the Armadillo. The Hog is an offshoot of that. Same with the Contour. So why not just get an Armadillo? The most recently opened caves in Mexico (Doggi, Caterpillar, Bobcat, Xulo, Nahoch Pek) have had their exploration done by people wearing the Stealth. There's a lot of line that's been laid. And they're always pushing new systems, and will be pushing a huge new one this fall.
The wing of the Razor is designed that way on purpose. The highest point of the wing is in the lower back. In the water, that's the first place air will go, the lower back. Same with the Stealth. All other systems put air to the shoulders first before migrating down to the back. So you either put trim weights up by your shoulders or dive overweighted so that you can add more air to your wing to force some down to the lower back.
I don't believe that the Hollis comes with directions for setting it up, or how to modify it so that it can work correctly or at least better. The HOG didn't come with directions (we just brought 2 rigs in). My back mount twins didn't come with instructions either. Perhaps we have high expectations for the Razor?