The Chairman
Chairman of the Board
For most of my Side Mounting I have dove PST E8-130s. I don't think I realized just how heavy these pigs are until I was with Lamar at 40 fathom grotto for a meeting about NASE tech diving and he brought a couple of AL80s with choker setups. DANG! That was an eye opener. Now, I want to try a bunch of different tanks like steel 72S and AL63s. I really want to try a couple of Faber 108s as these are more than one Sidemounter's favorite tank.
So tell me what you dive with and why! What do you use for OW and what do you use for caves?
I just got through doing a week's worth of diving with two AL80s and was pretty impressed with them. I added a weight pocket (with five pounds of lead) to each tank to keep the bottoms from becoming floaty. I am hoping that with two steel 72s I won't need any weight at all (I had another 8 pounds on me).
So tell me what you dive with and why! What do you use for OW and what do you use for caves?
I just got through doing a week's worth of diving with two AL80s and was pretty impressed with them. I added a weight pocket (with five pounds of lead) to each tank to keep the bottoms from becoming floaty. I am hoping that with two steel 72s I won't need any weight at all (I had another 8 pounds on me).