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john.r.strohm@BI*.co* wrote:
>
> > I too hate the fact that the Odin floods instantly whenever it's out
> > of your mouth, but you simply have to be prepared for that as even the
> > regular 2nd stages do it when not oriented properly on a hand-off or
> > rip-off. The buds I dive with use the Odin for the same reason: no
> > freeze-flows. We practice the Odin recovery (exhaust end down when
> > purging) till it is automatic. I don't even think about except when
> > I'm with a new diver or on a check-out with my buds.
>
> I must be stupid, or uneducated, or obsolete, or something.
>
> When I was trained on octopus air-sharing, one of the things they taught us
> was to purge the second stage as soon as you got it, via one of the same
> three methods they taught you for when you had lost your second stage to an
> aquisitive tree or something. It was just assumed that the second stage
> WOULD be flooded when you got it handed to you.
>
> Admittedly, this WAS twenty years ago.
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Another point of interest. My Odin doesn't flood badly when I tilt the
mouthpiece downwards before/as I remove it from my mouth. Yes, it has
some water in it, but I can take a breath in from it without having to
purge it first. Of course, it breathes far better once the water is
removed from it.
-- kevin --
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