cave safety / incedents statistics wanted

[Rich]

Right, but SM isnt any safer than Independant BM right?

Just my opinion but if you add an H-Valve to one of your sidemount tanks and run an extra reg on it, that makes it the safest way to solo dive....I tried independents for a while, but it's not like you can change your reg out underwater with independents, so if you were to lose a reg you'd lose half your gas, hence the transition to sidemount.

I'm doing quite a bit of solo backmount with a buddy bottle but as you get farther back in the cave the tunnels get smaller, and I really don't want to be dragging "Justin" around, so hence I'm in the SM transition stage. That said I still prefer back mounting for everyday cave diving...

Safe diving,

Rich

[Jordan]

That said I still prefer back mounting for everyday cave diving...

Safe diving,

Rich

BACK-MOUNTED SCUM!!

[Rich]

BACK-MOUNTED SCUM!!

....LOL......

Jeff Wannabe

Safe diving,

Rich

[MikeH]

Right, sidemount and independent backmount offer equal redundancy.

Russell

Equal redundancy, yes....but not equal safety, IMO. When sidemounting, your regs are much more protected than when backmounting. Plus you can swap regs if necessary when you're sidemount. Doing that while backmount is much more difficult, if not nearly impossible.

Mike

[jammer]

So Rich are you saying you have a 7ft Octo. on both post of your Back mount rig. For a grand total of 4 Regs. How do you know them apart do you have them marked with like Braille or something? LOL

[D1V3R]

I guess 4 regs is okay on independents, you never know which tank you will be on when you need your octopus. Alot of ppl have colored bands on their reg relative to which tank their hooked up to.

Equal redundancy, yes....but not equal safety, IMO.

I couldn't agree more, Mike. My point was that both offer the redundancy that's absolutely necessary before even considering solo.

Russell

[Rich]

I guess 4 regs is okay on independents, you never know which tank you will be on when you need your octopus. Alot of ppl have colored bands on their reg relative to which tank their hooked up to.

Kevin's having fun with you mate......4 regs would be just a little bit too redundant

All I need is 2, but it's nice to have the 3rd on AL when soloing!

Safe diving,

Rich

[jammer]

I guess 4 regs is okay on independents, you never know which tank you will be on when you need your octopus. Alot of ppl have colored bands on their reg relative to which tank their hooked up to.

Yes I am just having fun Rich.

[D1V3R]

I'm not sure who is serious and who isnt so I'm just gonna walk away...