Sometimes new divers get something in their head and put the blinders on....
You wanna back mount something - either one and I haven't dove either one but it matters not.
Why not to back mount it?
Less than 50 dives, a 23 or a 19 gives you no growth potential. Not being able to see what's in the tank is perfect up until the point what you think is in the tank ain't. All the cutting tools in the world doesn't make it OK to increase your entanglement odds, especially when diving solo. A mounted cylinder is just odd - odd to carry it, odd to fasten and unfasten, odd filling your main tank - it's just odd.
A slung bottle just has soo many advantages verses mounted, but sometimes the blinders block the view.
You wanna back mount something - either one and I haven't dove either one but it matters not.
Why not to back mount it?
Less than 50 dives, a 23 or a 19 gives you no growth potential. Not being able to see what's in the tank is perfect up until the point what you think is in the tank ain't. All the cutting tools in the world doesn't make it OK to increase your entanglement odds, especially when diving solo. A mounted cylinder is just odd - odd to carry it, odd to fasten and unfasten, odd filling your main tank - it's just odd.
A slung bottle just has soo many advantages verses mounted, but sometimes the blinders block the view.