JBFG
Contributor
Mate I was not trying to attack you in anyway, although I do say it can happen I also state: "Many of the "problems" and "issues" that have been posted in this forum I have seen are items that can be highly preventable with the proper gear maintenance and training that I hope everyone receives." It appears I have apparently hit a button judging from your defensive comment. Quite frankly I would rather just stop this conversation here because I am not someone who wants to make an argument online over something so small. I personally believe diving with 40's is useless and they are too small unless you are diving 15 feet for recovery or to backpack like you said with the kayak. With that being said like I said with sidemount, "sidemount is should be called "personalization" or "customization possibilities." So if that works for you and you believe that is the best solution than do what makes you comfortable and stay safe. Cheers mate
What O-ring did you use and from what company? How did the accident look underwater? Did it look violent? Small bubbles coming out? Was the O-Ring fully seated? I know some times if you don't properly release all pressure in the system, sometimes an o-ring has enough force to just slip a little. I would like to know more about this because I would say o-ring failure is normally one of the most common failures in diving. People just get in the habit of not checking to make sure.
O ring out of DS inflator hose at the first stage. I’d say complete failure base inn full bubbles coming out. I stopped the reg right away so it was not violent for long. o ring was fully seated and hose was tight. I was still surprise to see how much water came inside the 1st stage when I took it apart. I check the hoses every time when I assemble the reg on the bottle. Couldn’t tell you where the o ring came from. Anyway, redundancy is the message here. You can be as prepared as you want, freak accident happens.