Titan OCTO

[Bflem55]

Anyone ever used the titan octopus for there secondary?? I mean is a decent back up it has to be better than that little Aqual Lung ABS I would think right??

 

[mike_s]

what's wrong with the ABS? I've got one and like it. I like it's low profile and the fact you can use it holding it weither way..

Just curious why you don't like it. (I'm not second guessing your opinion but just wondering what some folks might think the negative features on it. Yeah I know it doesn't breathe as well as the legend 2nd stage does)

 

[Bflem55]

well I mean it just dosent sound as good as a regular first stage reg for a octo I mean thats pretty much what the titan octo is. I did find one for cheap on ebay though

 

[grassyknoll]

I to like my ABS, but I did just buy a AL Micra octo to mirror my primary.

 

[keyshunter]

The Titan octo is the same as the regular (not LX) Titan second stage. It is a very good breathing octo. It is a better breather than any low profile octo I have tried--and I have tried most. That said, the average recreational diver will never in his diving lifetime have to share air at depth. Hence the popularity of low profile and inflator octos among recreational divers who are not in caves or wrecks.

 

[Scuba Cowboy]

The Titan octo is the same as the regular (not LX) Titan second stage. It is a very good breathing octo. It is a better breather than any low profile octo I have tried--and I have tried most. That said, the average recreational diver will never in his diving lifetime have to share air at depth. Hence the popularity of low profile and inflator octos among recreational divers who are not in caves or wrecks.

The average recreational diver may not ever have to share air at depth, but he should be prepared for it. You never know what is going to happen on any given dive and it is just good common sense to be prepared for the worst. I would personally never dive with an inferior alternate air source, I might need it myself. I use an octo that is just as good as my primary and teach people to do likewise. Would you want to breathe off a piece of junk in an emergency?

 

[mike_s]

I wouldn't call the ABS a piece of junk. It's a good 2nd stage. But there are much worse choices out there that I would call a piece of junk before that.

 

[Scuba Cowboy]

I wouldn't call the ABS a piece of junk. It's a good 2nd stage. But there are much worse choices out there that I would call a piece of junk before that.

My post was a generalization, not picking on any one particular octo. I'm sure many people like the ABS, I don't see it as equivalent to any primary, though. I was posting based on what keyshunter said about divers never needing to share air, hence the popularity of low profile octo's. I personally wouldn't use one, but I'm sure others feel ok with 'em.

 

[keyshunter]

The average recreational diver may not ever have to share air at depth, but he should be prepared for it. You never know what is going to happen on any given dive and it is just good common sense to be prepared for the worst. I would personally never dive with an inferior alternate air source, I might need it myself. I use an octo that is just as good as my primary and teach people to do likewise. Would you want to breathe off a piece of junk in an emergency?

Cowboy,
I fully agree with you, and do exactly as you do. However, many do not. What I always told students, is "when an OOA diver grabs your primary out of your mouth, you will probably have to breath off of your octo in a rather stressful situation, so you want a good breathing octo."

Oh, and the ABS is one of the better low profiles I have tried.