TransPac and Doubles????

I started diving in a transpac and scuba pro regs. How this happened was: I went to Steve Forman who was then manager at Scuba Etc. and I told him I wanted gear that would keep me alive and last at least 10 years. I open water dived in that set up, did cavern through full cave in that gear and a couple of hundred cave dives but when I started side mount diving I didn't want to mess up my back mount set up and did a stab jacket and a Rennaker butt plate. That lasted until I got stuck a couple of times and I converted my Trans pac to my side mount rig with a few modifications. I dive that rig for the most part. I also dive a backplate and harness, a harness with only a dry suit for inflation, it depends on the cave and if I am diving in Mexico or a sump. For the most lift in deep water or when I carry several stages I go back to the TranPac. I am using the same gear after 10 years and I'm not dead so Steve did good by me. Cindy Butler

Been using one for three years. It is not as easy to put on the wing nuts as with a backplate. I have double 108's But it works ok. Rod

I use the Transpack II since four years now.
As I´m coming from Germany, the advantage for me is the possibility to dive both: doubles in the caves ( I usually have 95´s and one Al 80 O2) or for the deep wrecks and any size of single tank for easy dives offshore or in the rivers.
It felt a little unstable for the first dives because the wings are a little bit to short to wrap around the sides of bigger doubles, but now I´m used to it and it works perfectly.

Give it a try

Tom

I've been diving my (original) transpac since my cavern class in 96. Used it with single al80, single OMS125, double OMS 85's, double steel 95's, double OMS 125's, and sidemounts, scootering & stage diving. No problem ever, some set-ups are longer to fiddle with, but no more than any other gear change...The real surprise was when i changed my big mls halogen light double canister battery pack for the 10w hid, i was suddenly missing weight, but only in the drysuit with the double OMS 125's, they are much lighter than the steel 95's.....

Well, thanks for the info. I think I am going to give it a shot. What do I have to loose?