It does not. One reg failure and you lose at least 1/2 your gas.As someone with no experience with either setup, can one argument be made that SM offers a higher level of redundancy?
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It does not. One reg failure and you lose at least 1/2 your gas.As someone with no experience with either setup, can one argument be made that SM offers a higher level of redundancy?
Not really, it would take two catastrophic failures to take out all of your breathing gas in doubles, same number in side mount.As someone with no experience with either setup, can one argument be made that SM offers a higher level of redundancy?
As someone with no experience with either setup, can one argument be made that SM offers a higher level of redundancy?
It does not. One reg failure and you lose at least 1/2 your gas.
A single isolator failure can take out the whole system with doubles. That failure is essentially impossible to have happen during a dive, but theoretically it's possible.Not really, it would take two catastrophic failures to take out all of your breathing gas in doubles, same number in side mount.
True, I suppose if the bonnet nut failed and blew out the isolator, that would cause total gas loss. But yeah, I get it, you get it.A single isolator failure can take out the whole system with doubles. That failure is essentially impossible to have happen during a dive, but theoretically it's possible.
Redundancy is a requirement. Just like what I do (or don't) with my rebreather, you nor anyone else gets to dictate how I dive.You can see ALL of octopus hole on a single 100. Probably twice on a single 130.
Depends on the failure. But it is possible to have un-usable gas on you with sidemount. Doubles you can completely shut one regulator completely off and have all of the air at your disposal.It does not. One reg failure and you lose at least 1/2 your gas.
It’s great that I don’t have to take your opinion seriously, Grant.The vast majority of "I can't do a valve drill" is a fit issue. Yes, there can be physical impairments, such as those that result in your inability to get onto a boat with a single tank, but SM still shouldn't be the primary system for most people.