swivels vs 90s

[rchrds]

XTX from the left for sidemount - with a swivel, G250 from the right, with a fixed 45. Swivel on the BOV on the deathbox. Chrissy, same as above. Hundreds of dives on the swivels, only one fantastic failure, resulting in the 2nd stage become handheld. Dont particularly like either one, but would rather have the movement of the swivel over the safety of the fixed.

PS- hate the extreme 2nd. Anyone want to buy one? (Forrest, I'll bring it this month, you can trade me for a sidemount breather mouthpiece.) Ha.

Jason

[Sludge]

Swivel on the BOV on the deathbox.

Did you ever man up and get HBOD decals for it?

[rchrds]

HBOD decals?
I spray painted it black, which makes it the least appealing thing to try to get in pictures in cave.

J

[FW]

HBOD=homebuilt box of death. What is XTX?

[rchrds]

haha- XTX= Apex XTX50 you can set it up to receive a hose from either side, making it fantastic for a left side bottle regulator. Of course, that may not matter to you!

Jason

[FW]

haha- XTX= Apex XTX50 you can set it up to receive a hose from either side, making it fantastic for a left side bottle regulator. Of course, that may not matter to you!

Jason

Not to me, or my buddy. Non-handed regs can come from either side, plus there is no right-side-up, like on the XTX, or any other left/right handed only regs.

I have has many OW students pass off a reg upside down. One even tried to breathe off it that way, and bolted to the surface with blood in his mask. No, I refuse to use that style of regulator!

[rchrds]

Wow- surprise, surprise. I have found the XTX to be the final answer to my left bottle woes- the poseidon and their ilk were just a series of wet breathing (in the case of the xtreme) or expensive, fiddly, pieces of junk.(I do like the first stages) I see your point, but can't imagine that it applies when your regs are stowed on a neck loop correctly- there is no way to hand it over upside down- your hand on that side goes to unclip the second and it naturally falls into your hand the correct direction- you would have to make some convolutions to have it come away in your hand upside down. Same with the person pulling it from your mouth. In OW, I could see it- their crap is always bangly-dangly somewhere on their BC- not so in cave diving. Interesting discussion that we totally dragged off topic.

[FW]

.... Interesting discussion that we totally dragged off topic.

Not really. If you chose answer #3, then there is never any need for swivels, or 90s

An XTX does not really qualify as ambidextrous.

[DA Aquamaster]

Not really. If you chose answer #3, then there is never any need for swivels, or 90s

An XTX does not really qualify as ambidextrous.

Right. It is left handed or right handed, but not both (at least on any single dive.)

[amphipod06]

Still need a (D) option on the poll, don't use any.

Dive safe,

Celia