Safety Stop
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In a DIR setup, do we have to have the same type and color of regulator twice (regulator + octo)? The one I want to buy is Poseidon Xstream. So, do I need a black and a yellow one or both black? 
Regulator setup for DIR
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JeffG
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Pink is the new Black.
And Poseidon is the new Apeks.
Answers from a GUE-DIR perspective:
http://www.gue.com/Equipment/Config/index.html
Answers from a GUE-DIR perspective:
http://www.gue.com/Equipment/Config/index.html
Safety Stop:In a DIR setup, do we have to have the same type and color of regulator twice (regulator + octo)? The one I want to buy is Poseidon Xstream. So, do I need a black and a yellow one or both black?
Beyond making sure you measure up to Rule 6, I have never heard nor seen any references from GUE as to colour coding any part of your gear. So buy 2 yellow ones if you want. It doesn't matter.
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Steve R:
Uhhhh
Now I have to replace more regs. Do they make a pink Poseidon?
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Safety Stop
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Well.... I'll go with black ;-)
Scared Silly
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You can choose any color you want as long as it is black
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My question was not only about color but type of regulator too. If we should have the same type/model of regulator instead of an octopus (never as good as the regulator the diver used).
Since your backup regulator is YOUR backup, I guess you get to decide what kind of quality you want for it.
There used to be a recommendation that the backup reg be a different type of reg from the primary, on the theory that conditions that might cause one to malfunction wouldn't be as likely to affect a different type, but I believe that has been dropped. Most people I know are diving the same regs on both, but that's not universal.
There used to be a recommendation that the backup reg be a different type of reg from the primary, on the theory that conditions that might cause one to malfunction wouldn't be as likely to affect a different type, but I believe that has been dropped. Most people I know are diving the same regs on both, but that's not universal.
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