TransPac and Doubles????

[Cindy]

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

[bullfrog]

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

[Taucher-Tom]

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

[bernieflyer]

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.....

[temrich]

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