halocline
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That's funny, my russian dive watch worked great until I went diving with it. Must be a communist plot.....
Spare Air - Sorry!
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That's funny, my russian dive watch worked great until I went diving with it. Must be a communist plot.....
That's funny, my russian dive watch worked great until I went diving with it. Must be a communist plot.....
The reg started working again about the time I climbed back on the boat....
I suppose it was probably guaranteed not to freeflow. Just not guaranteed to flow!
Endeavour
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Looks like the whole discussion is about how much air you want.
I have a pony bottle, which allows me to clean the bottom of my boat for 30 minutes.
But it is awkwad in diving, the weight pulls me over to one side.
I dive 80 % to 50 ft, 15 % to 80 ft, 5 % deeper.
I had two failures of regulators in 20 years, the pony helped, but now I use the SpareAir, which is ultra light and easy to deploy and carry, and - I tried it - gets me to the surface in all dives except in a decompression dive. But rather than a pony bottle I would prefer two SpareAir at 3 cft each.
For real deep dives or caves I would use the pony.
I have a pony bottle, which allows me to clean the bottom of my boat for 30 minutes.
But it is awkwad in diving, the weight pulls me over to one side.
I dive 80 % to 50 ft, 15 % to 80 ft, 5 % deeper.
I had two failures of regulators in 20 years, the pony helped, but now I use the SpareAir, which is ultra light and easy to deploy and carry, and - I tried it - gets me to the surface in all dives except in a decompression dive. But rather than a pony bottle I would prefer two SpareAir at 3 cft each.
For real deep dives or caves I would use the pony.
Ayisha
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I am a petite female and carry a 19cf pony bottle for deeper, colder dives without any issues. It doesn't roll me, throw me off balance or cause any issues. I hardly notice it's there. We don't know what size your pony is, perhaps it's a bit large or the way that it's rigged isn't quite right for you, but you could probably find something bigger than a spare air that works for you.
Let alone the fact that this post is 2 years old LOL I think we was talking about using ONLY a pony to do boat hull cleaning. No backgas. I won't comment on the double Spare Air.
Let alone the fact that this post is 2 years old LOL I think we was talking about using ONLY a pony to do boat hull cleaning. No backgas. I won't comment on the double Spare Air.
What's not to like about redundancy?
Bonairetrip
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Is that the nitrox ready set?
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Maybe you didn't know? They sell a nitrox model, as if any fill shack would partial pressure blend in one, especially after being breached for air travel: Spare Air Models - 300 Standard & Nitrox and Model 170 plus Part and Accessories
And if 3 CF isn't hopeless enough, they have the tiny one: Spare Air Models - 300 Standard & Nitrox and Model 170 plus Part and Accessories
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