Hi-
This is a curiosity question really. Does anyone know why divers wear tanks the opposite way round to firefighters? I have a Japanese friend who is a scuba instructor and a firefighter - when I asked him the question he said that the probable reason that firefighters wear theirs valve down is that it is then easier to access the valve. When I said - OK, so why don't scuba divers do the same? He didn't really know. I suspect that some people are going to talk about entanglement issues but in a world where for instance DIR divers use long hoses routed aroung their bodies I would have thought that this wouldn't have to be a problem. Does anyone know a concrete explanation? My mate and I are both curious!
This is a curiosity question really. Does anyone know why divers wear tanks the opposite way round to firefighters? I have a Japanese friend who is a scuba instructor and a firefighter - when I asked him the question he said that the probable reason that firefighters wear theirs valve down is that it is then easier to access the valve. When I said - OK, so why don't scuba divers do the same? He didn't really know. I suspect that some people are going to talk about entanglement issues but in a world where for instance DIR divers use long hoses routed aroung their bodies I would have thought that this wouldn't have to be a problem. Does anyone know a concrete explanation? My mate and I are both curious!