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> > > mnufacturer (I cannot recall who) that markets a soft band set up for 
> > > doubles.  Personally, I would not trust it to hold the tanks together 
> > > without significant torquing of the manifold. 
> > 
> > Aqua Explorer, Dan Berg's company.  These bands hold each tank by two
> > independant cam straps and are bolted onto a backplate.  This allows 
> > each tank to be carried seperately and allows for the pairing of disimilar 
> > tanks.  Useing these bands witha manifold is illadvised.  
> 
> All this talk of dissimilar tanks, doubles w/o manifolds and newbie 
> technical divers makes me want to remind everyone:
> 
> 	We all know of many "near-misses" and a couple of fatalities that 
> 	could have been avoided had a dual-outlet manifold been 
> 	properly used.
> 
> "JAIL TO THE CHIEF"	dan@sh*.ne*		mig@shadow.net	"GORE IN '94"
> 
> 

Those "near-misses" and fatalities could also have been avoided had the divers
been using the thirds rule to allow the indepandant tanks to serve as their own 
backups.  In my opinion, the only clear disadvantage of independant doubles is
the increase in task loading.

Philip Weissman

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