Doubles for little ladies.
My wife is interested in doing Adv. Nitrox and Deco Proc. She is concerned about stapping on a set of large doubles and is interested to know what other smaller women are doing for tanks. She is 5'2" and 110lbs. She is an atheletic build and is doing the course in prep for doing full cave. She will be doing the course in the NJ.
Any suggestions out there? Double steel 80's?
Thanks,
Hans
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Greetings. One of my dive partners uses hp steel 80's. They are small and compact. If she can carry them, I suggest lp 85's. Either set would work.
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I've never heard of a better excuse to by a rebreather !!!
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I'd say double lp 85s....
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My girlfriend is 5' nothing and has no trouble hiking my lp85's. Getting them from the ground to the table is a tall order, but we just strap em on her off the back of the truck and away she goes. I'm thinking of renting her out as a sherpa (sp?). Would that make me a shimp?
Fun2dive (4'10 dripping wet) dives double 72s and they work fine. If you're petite you also likely breathe like a bird..... this does, however, lead to needing to THINK if said diver buddies with someone who is more "typical" in their size and gas consumption (that person may need to take his "Best Buddy AL" for HIS redundancy!)
I love diving with AL....never questions where I want to dive or when I'm free to go diving.Originally Posted by Genesis
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Me too... he's never let me down when the $hit hits the fan either....I love diving with AL....never questions where I want to dive or when I'm free to go diving.
Karl, you're really mixing some metaphors here. I think you need to check the PO2 on that HBOD!
Russell
I am sure that there will be some calculating of dis-similar volumes in my near future. And the truth is, she breathes like a bird. For what we want to do she doesn't need truck loads of gas. She just needs to get into a redundent system and get comfortable.
I have to say that buying 4 of everything is expensive.
Hans
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