Hi,
I'm a UK diver (BSAC Dive Leader), and I also do a fair amount of holiday diving in warm waters.
So far all my diving has been on single cylinders (12L or 15L), but I'd like to get into slightly more adventurous UK diving (gentle wreck penetration, light deco etc). With this in mind, I'm thinking I should have a redundant air supply, but I have a few options going round in my head and I'd love some advice on the pros and cons.
I currently dive with a backplate and wing and single tank adaptor plus 'recreational' set of regs (so long hose octopus stowed on a quick release clip on my front). I'm starting off down the BSAC instructor route, so will need to keep these regs for that, but would also consider getting a separate long hose/primary donate setup too (especially if I end up on twinsets).
The options as I see it are as follows, but I am totally open to suggestions!
Thanks in advance for any advice you have for me.
I'm a UK diver (BSAC Dive Leader), and I also do a fair amount of holiday diving in warm waters.
So far all my diving has been on single cylinders (12L or 15L), but I'd like to get into slightly more adventurous UK diving (gentle wreck penetration, light deco etc). With this in mind, I'm thinking I should have a redundant air supply, but I have a few options going round in my head and I'd love some advice on the pros and cons.
I currently dive with a backplate and wing and single tank adaptor plus 'recreational' set of regs (so long hose octopus stowed on a quick release clip on my front). I'm starting off down the BSAC instructor route, so will need to keep these regs for that, but would also consider getting a separate long hose/primary donate setup too (especially if I end up on twinsets).
The options as I see it are as follows, but I am totally open to suggestions!
- Twinset - this will be expensive and bulky but definitely ticks the box for redundant air supply
- Pony cylinder - this means I can keep my current setup and bolt this on, but won't give me much extra gas. For anyone advocating this I'd be interested to know where your pony regulator and SPG gets stowed
- Some kind of slung stage cylinder and then stick with a single cylinder on my back (though the additional cylinder would presumably be filled with the same mix as my back gas) - I'm not sure if this is sensible because I could get a 7L cylinder or something and then it's not too big and bulky, or if this is really faffy and I should just go for a twinset
Thanks in advance for any advice you have for me.