Is there any live threatening reason as to why the air valve on a tank always faces forward (The back of the diver's head). I recently bought an EDGE Epic cold water regulator and I would need to use a Din to Yoke adapter in order to use it locally. In my very personal, yet inexperienced opinion, I believe that having the air valve facing back while having an adapter will be a little bit more comfortable and would only require a longer hose in order to not put any strain on the second stage. Can someone explain this to me?
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Life threatening? probably not. Assuming Yoke, the yoke knob is longer than the body of the 1st stage i.e it will hit you on the back of your head (depending on tank height) if your reg only has one hp port it, along with your regs, will now be on the opposite side. The angle of the hoses would be less than ideal which will also cause strain on the hoses. Even using a DIN adaptor I would imagine it will still be further from your head than the yoke knob swapped around. There may be a more technical reason but I'm sure others will chime in. Sounds a little like a questionable "solution" looking for a problem.
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Entanglement hazard would be a primary concern; It would make it easier to get caught up on line or kelp. It would also become even more of a problem in an overhead environment (wreck/cavern/cave) where you could damage the first stage if it were sticking out the back by banging into something accidently.
Honestly, I'd recommend keeping it the way 99.9% of divers use it. Don't try fixing a problem that already has a solution
Even though the Din to Yoke converter does make the first stage stick out a little more. you can always fix by adjusting height of tank or BCD.
Do you own/rent tanks? I'd recommend getting tanks with the DIN convertible valves so you can swap back/forth from Din to Yoke.
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Honestly, I'd recommend keeping it the way 99.9% of divers use it. Don't try fixing a problem that already has a solution
Even though the Din to Yoke converter does make the first stage stick out a little more. you can always fix by adjusting height of tank or BCD.
Do you own/rent tanks? I'd recommend getting tanks with the DIN convertible valves so you can swap back/forth from Din to Yoke.
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Entanglement hazard would be a primary concern; It would make it easier to get caught up on line or kelp. It would also become even more of a problem in an overhead environment (wreck/cavern/cave) where you could damage the first stage if it were sticking out the back by banging into something accidently.
Honestly, I'd recommend keeping it the way 99.9% of divers use it. Don't try fixing a problem that already has a solution
Even though the Din to Yoke converter does make the first stage stick out a little more. you can always fix by adjusting height of tank or BCD.
Do you own/rent tanks? I'd recommend getting tanks with the DIN convertible valves so you can swap back/forth from Din to Yoke.
Thanks you. I do not own tanks however when i do buy the in valve solution is a lot more practical. thanks for pointing that out
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