swedish diver
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I prefer the manifolded doubles to pony for several reasons. But you should know that in one sense pony implies more redundancy than doubles. If your isolator fails, and stars leaking, this could result in an OOA situation. However, I've never heard of this happening - except on people diving doubles with too large spacing for the manifold, so that only one of two o-rings are active on either attachment point of the "midsection".
Ponys eliminate this problem, but I concider them less appropriate since:
1) they are bulky
2) positioning and trim is easier with doubles
3) it's more simple "SIMPLE IS GOOD"
4) the weight is equally distributed on your back
5) the redundant air supply is larger
... plus some other reasons i cannot think of now
regards
/Kristian
Ponys eliminate this problem, but I concider them less appropriate since:
1) they are bulky
2) positioning and trim is easier with doubles
3) it's more simple "SIMPLE IS GOOD"
4) the weight is equally distributed on your back
5) the redundant air supply is larger
... plus some other reasons i cannot think of now
regards
/Kristian