Regulator configuration for recreational diving

[Bob DBF]

My preferred is 40” primary and bungeed backup, sometimes with a pony. I have a number of reg sets, mostly vintage, and dive whatever configuration they happen to be in at the time.

 

[D_Fresh]

My original configuration was 40" Primary, routed under arm, with Airsource (AL's version of Air2), but added a traditional octo on 40" hose when I put a custom mouthpiece on my primary.... I still have the Airsource, mostly because I just haven't spend the money to switch to Powerline Inflator, but I see no compelling reason to lose the Airsource right now....(except maybe "it's one more reg to service")

 

[MichaelMc]

My 'single tank' is tiny (dual) sidemount, or tiny doubles. Both long + necklace. Also that way if actually single tank, though I'd expect that to be in a pool. So I voted long, side, +pony (side or doubles).

 

[KenGordon]

I only use a Single cylinder when I am either overseas on a 'recreational diving' holiday, or occasionally, when teaching. Normally I would dive or a CCR, or, if teaching, a twinset in open water in preference to a single.

So overseas I use a wing, backplate, a T-piece with my long hose twinset and regulator on the right, and the short hose and regulator on the left. I have used a 'traditional' setup but rarely in open water.

Teaching, my preference would be a twinset. I do sometimes use a single, (in the first configuration), even more rarely a traditional configuration. If using a single cylinder, I would normally have a pony.

Me too. I dive CCR whenever I can, basically if I am not teaching.

Craig, you should add CCR to the list. Two entries. CCR with external bailout available to a buddy, CCR with integral bailout.

You lot should get with the 21st century

 

[Gareth J]

You lot should get with the 21st century

 

[loosenit2]

@scubadada interesting poll and I applaud your data collection. The results so far show what I would have thought, SB is not even close to being a representative sample of the general diving population. 57.1% of SB respondents use a primary donate long hose configuration (40 in, 5 ft, 7ft). Although I do not have, nor have i been able to find, a comparative sample from another source I would challenge anyone to go to a resort, dive operation, or shore diving location (other than an operation catering to technical divers) and find 57% of folks using a long hose primary donate configuration.

 

[rongoodman]

5' primary, bungeed back-up

 

[scubadada]

I only use a Single cylinder when I am either overseas on a 'recreational diving' holiday, or occasionally, when teaching. Normally I would dive or a CCR, or, if teaching, a twinset in open water in preference to a single.

So overseas I use a wing, backplate, a T-piece with my long hose twinset and regulator on the right, and the short hose and regulator on the left. I have used a 'traditional' setup but rarely in open water.

Teaching, my preference would be a twinset. I do sometimes use a single, (in the first configuration), even more rarely a traditional configuration. If using a single cylinder, I would normally have a pony.

Me too. I dive CCR whenever I can, basically if I am not teaching.

Craig, you should add CCR to the list. Two entries. CCR with external bailout available to a buddy, CCR with integral bailout.

You lot should get with the 21st century

Thanks @Gareth and @KenGordon

The two of you should get together. This poll is, "What is your regulator configuration for single tank recreational diving?"

You can't cover everything. One of you should start a poll on configuration for technical diving. Not as easy to construct a good poll as one might think

 

[scubadada]

@scubadada interesting poll and I applaud your data collection. The results so far show what I would have thought, SB is not even close to being a representative sample of the general diving population. 57.1% of SB respondents use a primary donate long hose configuration (40 in, 5 ft, 7ft). Although I do not have, nor have i been able to find, a comparative sample from another source I would challenge anyone to go to a resort, dive operation, or shore diving location (other than an operation catering to technical divers) and find 57% of folks using a long hose primary donate configuration.

This is one of the many reasons I post polls like this. Pretty soon, I will post the "typical" SB diver based on several polls I have posted over the last few years. I can assure you, it won't look like the average divers you see out there .

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

Still using my original set up 32 inch primary, 32 inch back up. LDS set it up that way.