Why do we hate the Air2?

[Paladin]

Aaaaarrrrrgh! Doesn't anybody know how to spell "breathe" anymore? "Breath" is a noun. "Breathe" is the verb. "I needed to breathe, so I took a breath."

 

[BDSC]

Aaaaarrrrrgh! Doesn't anybody know how to spell "breathe" anymore? "Breath" is a noun. "Breathe" is the verb. "I needed to breathe, so I took a breath."

Relax Bro and just take a deep breathe.

 

[JohnN]

Aaaaarrrrrgh! Doesn't anybody know how to spell "breathe" anymore? "Breath" is a noun. "Breathe" is the verb. "I needed to breathe, so I took a breath."

Isn't that one of those mute points?

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Kinda like when you loose a light in your bag and your shoelace becomes lose .

 

[Paladin]

Relax Bro and just take a deep breathe.

 

[halocline]

How about the potentially fatal problem of a BC inflator sticking on? In cold water and thick gloves (or mittens) it is nearly impossible to disconnect the inflation hose instantly on a standard inflator.. With an Air 2 it is much. much easier and quicker.... To me, it definitely solves a problem.

Okay, since you brought it up, what you do is get one of those nifty little things that DSS sells that goes on the inflator hose and allows you to disconnect the inflator easily with heavy gloves. Then, after you've saved your life from the stuck inflator you still have an alternate air source. In your solution to the potentially fatal problem you just create another one; no air to your alternate 2nd stage. Good thinking!

Edit: I see someone else beat me to it by a breathe. I guess it's nothing to loose my cool about.

 

[Paladin]

Okay, since you brought it up, what you do is get one of those nifty little things that DSS sells that goes on the inflator hose and allows you to disconnect the inflator easily with heavy gloves. Then, after you've saved your life from the stuck inflator you still have an alternate air source. In your solution to the potentially fatal problem you just create another one; no air to your alternate 2nd stage. Good thinking!

Edit: I see someone else beat me to it by a breathe. I guess it's nothing to loose my cool about.

Aaaaahhhhhh!!! Will it never stop?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

Okay, since you brought it up, what you do is get one of those nifty little things that DSS sells that goes on the inflator hose and allows you to disconnect the inflator easily with heavy gloves. Then, after you've saved your life from the stuck inflator you still have an alternate air source. In your solution to the potentially fatal problem you just create another one; no air to your alternate 2nd stage. Good thinking!

Edit: I see someone else beat me to it by a breathe. I guess it's nothing to loose my cool about.

Glad to be able to breath a little life into this thread...

Is this really an issue? How many cumulative (or is it serial) and independent failures do recreational divers plan for? A stuck inflator and then a failure of the second stage of the other regulator.. .. all on the same dive... what are the chances of that? I'm not sure, but i would just use my pony bottle reg...

I've had a thousand of dives with the air 2 and it seems to be robust and reliable to me. In any case, with all the screwed up recreational scuba configurations that recreational divers use...worrying about the inflator choice is more like "take the plank out of your own eye first " sorta thing..

 

[Paladin]

Dang it, dD, you did that on purpose!

 

[BDSC]

Dang it, dD, you did that on purpose!

We are tag teaming your a-s-s.