Small Questions Thread

[rddvet]

I don't know of a single person who uses a "BC" with doubles. People used to use TransPacs with doubles, but I haven't seen it in awhile.

I need to find my photo from emergence de ressel in France. Everybody is looking at us funny while we gear up in sidemount like we're in the circus. Meanwhile 3 people in scubapro stab jackets come out of the water with doubles attached to their bc's. not even back inflate. Regular ow poodle jackets. The tanks aren't manifolded together and they're being held together by the straps you would use to hold down a load in the back of your truck.

[Scubaru]

Get-r-done. Lol. Yeah, I guess I need to refocus my question to harnesses and BCs as they relate to sidemount- I understand the need for the wing/harness/plate for backmounted doubles.

[victorzamora]

That picture alone is a good reason to follow CDF.

[Sludge]

Meanwhile 3 people in scubapro stab jackets come out of the water with doubles attached to their bc's. not even back inflate.

Well, the Scubapro stab jacket IS probably the most comfortable BC that ever was.

[FW]

FWIW, many cave divers dove doubles with Stab jackets, before the backplate/wing was invented.

The big advantage of the backplate was it's ease of moving it from one set of tanks to another. Not to mention being able to fill the tanks without having the BC jacket in the water with them, then dripping water all over the shop floor

[rddvet]

Well, the Scubapro stab jacket IS probably the most comfortable BC that ever was.

I can't argue that. But doubles?

FWIW, many cave divers dove doubles with Stab jackets, before the backplate/wing was invented.

The big advantage of the backplate was it's ease of moving it from one set of tanks to another. Not to mention being able to fill the tanks without having the BC jacket in the water with them, then dripping water all over the shop floor

I guess they haven't moved out of 1979 yet

[nakatomi]

I guess they haven't moved out of 1979 yet

I wonder, did they evn have stab jackets in 79? I think they didn't have any BC yet, maybe early models of what we call the "toilet lid" (the "bc" that is worn like a life jacket).

[rddvet]

I wonder, did they evn have stab jackets in 79? I think they didn't have any BC yet, maybe early models of what we call the "toilet lid" (the "bc" that is worn like a life jacket).

Yeah I was reaching for straws on the date. I figure I'd be corrected either way.


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[nakatomi]

Yeah I was reaching for straws on the date. I figure I'd be corrected either way.

Well it seems I need to be corrected too since there's at least one typo in my post and I lack permission to fix it. Looks like I'm stuck with a toilet lid around my neck too, ROFL...

[Scubaru]

Thanks for the info. Just purchased a Cave-Rite Toilet Seat XRT SM edition. I'm fricken ready for cave class, boys.

Suckered y'all into giving up the good info!!!