What willpower do you posses that helped you resist aquiring a Conshelf?
I have one or two (firsts), but haven't dove them.... Think I have a few seconds in some boxes somewhere too...
some day...
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What willpower do you posses that helped you resist aquiring a Conshelf?
Well I started diving in 1971 using a voit, I have used more various aqua masters up to and including the RAM, I’ve owned a Phoenix with HPR, and two Kraken’s, I’m curious what SH you’ve compared to what DH’s.I am curious as to which double hose regulators that you used that you found to be such a difference in performance.
He may as well, since in this day and age there are few papers that need holding downNow I feel like one of us needs to give @rhwestfall a Conshelf!
edit: Disregard... he needs to try the ones he has, or give them to me! lol
yep
worn properly, tuned properly, and correct body position, it is an equal.
I am new to diving DH, but last weekend I spent about five minutes inverted vertical (vertical line from toes to head, head down), because I could... it breathed wonderfully, and DRY.This seems to be usually included and often ignored in the fine print.
When worn properly and tuned properly, and the diver is inverted, head down to look under a shelf at the bottom of a reef without laying on or kicking other stuff, does the DH still breathe just as a well as a SH in that same scenario?
What about simply if the diver is perfectly horizontal (i.e. a line from shoulders through hips to knees is perfectly straight and perfectly parallel to ground level)?
Well I started diving in 1971 using a voit, I have used more various aqua masters up to and including the RAM, I’ve owned a Phoenix with HPR, and two Kraken’s, I’m curious what SH you’ve compared to what DH’s.
As soon as we can dive again, let me know and I’ll loan you some modern stuff to tryMost or the Conshelf line, some Sherwood, Scubapro 109, 156, 250, AIR1, a few Hollis and SEAC.
I only have 1 DA Aquamaster with a Cyclone and new valves. I'm meticulous about rebuilding and servicing on all my regs and have done so with my DAAM.
I wish I could try all the double hoses you have.
I like the Kraken, but right now, I have too many vintage things on my list to spend my money on.
You are mistaking some things.Due to simple physics a DH regulator will not breathe like a SH. It's remote location and the resulting differential between where the breath is generated and where it is consumed will result in substantial variation in breathing effort dependent on the diver's attitude in the water. The DH diver's real skill lies in ignoring this fact.
Now, whether the perceived benefits of double hose diving override the inconvenience of its use is a decision everyone who tries a DH makes.
To those who say that breathing DH is as effortless as breathing a single hose I would recommend they invest in a better SH reg.