Which regulator should you donate?

[CincyBengalsFan]

Northeastwrecks once bubbled...


Actually, that depend upon how you rig it.

I've got the mouthpiece secured with a zip tie. Instead of routing the bungee through that zip tie, I use a second zip tie.

If the bungee got yanked hard, for whatever reason, the bungee would pull off, but the mouthpiece would remain secured.

Well, I've never had a mouthpiece pop off in my octo holders in 20+ yrs. off diving. And I've never seen this happen to any of my buddies. I'm sure this isn't a problem with most 7' hose config. guys either. Maybe just 1 or 2.

 

[bwerb]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
By the way, you do realize that the short hose and donating the octo is still mainstream don't you? Mainstream by a freaking LANDSLIDE! LMAO! Your in the minority and will be for a long long time.

After you pick your A up off the floor from all that laughing...hmm...sounds like you're kinda narced...

The logic of "the majority says" is beyond stupid...if we all used this as our benchmark for right/wrong then here's a few of the things we'd be stuck with today:

Horses for transportation
Gas lanterns for lighting
8-Track tapes
Vacuum tubes in computers
Air in scuba tanks

Oh...that last one is still with us...oops.

The "majority" is never the trump card in whether something is right or wrong or "more correct"...we could turn this to slavery and the sun revolving around the earth as well.

Try again.

 

[bwerb]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
I'm sure this isn't a problem with most 7' hose config. guys either. Maybe just 1 or 2.

It isn't a problem with the 7' hose it's a "potential" failure point with a bungied second, which has been identified, several solutions have been provided and is really a non-event. Heck...even without a mouthpiece, my PADI OW class...day two taught us to breathe off a freeflowing regulator...same thing...if you can't hold the reg with your mouth alone, hold it and hit purge...no worries.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

bwerb once bubbled...


The "majority" is never the trump card in whether something is right or wrong or "more correct"...we could turn this to slavery and the sun revolving around the earth as well.

Try again.

Wow, thanks for pointing that out. You smart! When did I say it was the "trump" card for right or wrong? Oh yeah, I never did now did I! Me and the Roakanator have taken some shots at one another and you missed everything.

But since you want to argue about it. And yes, you're the one that wants to argue! Why is it that, it is still mainstream? Can you answer this in a civil and educated manner without name calling and bashing? Leave the bashing to me and the Roakanator because I'm not much of a fan of it.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

bwerb once bubbled...


It isn't a problem with the 7' hose it's a "potential" failure point with a bungied second, which has been identified, several solutions have been provided and is really a non-event. Heck...even without a mouthpiece, my PADI OW class...day two taught us to breathe off a freeflowing regulator...same thing...if you can't hold the reg with your mouth alone, hold it and hit purge...no worries.

NO KIDDING? Freeflow Reg. WOOOOOWWW... And you did this without getting injured.

I'm being a smarta** by the way. I'm pretty sure everyone on this board knows a little something about a free flowing regulator.

 

[detroit diver]

Cincy,

You're now in the "I just like to hear myself talk" and "I've done it this way forever so it must be right" category.

You have no response other than to make personal attacks. Your reasoning is convoluted, and you obviously don't wish to open yourself to anything new.

I find anything else you post on this subject to be a waste of time.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

detroit diver once bubbled...
Cincy,

You're now in the "I just like to hear myself talk" and "I've done it this way forever so it must be right" category.

You have no response other than to make personal attacks. Your reasoning is convoluted, and you obviously don't wish to open yourself to anything new.

I find anything else you post on this subject to be a waste of time.

Okay Detroit, When I have ever attacked before being attacked???????? You don't have an answer because it's never happened!!! LMAO.

I've dove the 7' rig before to, nice of you to do your research and read all the posts. For that matter I probably owned a 7' hose before you new what SCUBA was. You have no clue what you're talking about. And in fact, you're the one that thinks your way is THE flawless way. At least I recognize the fact that there is NOT a flawless system.

I'm so sorry that you think diving with a normal hose is so bad for rec./caribbean divers. And you think I'm not open minded because that is my preferred method when Rec./Caribbean diving.

Or, is it the fact that I pointed out some flaws in your system and now you're on system overload? When did I say your system was BAD? I've simply pointed out some flaws in it and you guys have gone nuts.

 

[detroit diver]

:snore:

 

[detroit diver]

Netdoc,

In the second scenario below:


Where does the long hose go when you're not using it?

NetDoc once bubbled...
OK... IF (and that's a big "if"), I am diving my 7 ft/bungeed octo, DIN, dual first stage set-up, then I donate the l-o-n-g hose which is attached to the primary.

But... IF (just as big, mind you), I am diving a "normal" yoke style, single first stage set-up, then I also donate the l-o-n-g hose, which is now attached to the octo. No, it's not 7 ft long, but it is longer than my primary hose and so the poor sot gets it.

I test all regulators and secure them before I dive, and make sure that both my buddy and I know their precise location. Conveniently, if my octo were to fail, it would free-flow (that's how they fail, ya see?), and I would have ended my dive already. But either way, I donate the l-o-n-g hose.

So... it doesn't matter what I give the OOA diver... as long as we agree on it BEFORE we hit the suds. It matters more that I am there to make sure he never runs out of gas (and him for me), and that if I am incompetent/inobservant enough to allow that to happen, then I better had do the next best thing and offer him my longest hose.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

detroit diver once bubbled...
:snore:

T H A N K........................ G O D !!!!!!!!