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I agree 100% with Rich on this. I always have a pony bottle on a dive, OC or CC. Rigging them is a huge issue. I have tried at least a dozen gizmos to do it. The aluminum pony tamers dinged out of commission too easily. The best I've ever used is made by a guy in New York. Small stainless brackets attach to tank via ss hose clamp; pony mates to tank using ss aircraft locking pin. It takes a licking and keeps on ticking. My pony attaches to my rebreather via the same kind of aircraft locking pin. My advice is if you feel the need for a pony bottle carry one. If you know it will bother the diver next to you on the boat, carry two and tell him to fuck off. Dan Berg has a very simple pony attaching device made out of nylon strap or something. I've seen it but never used it. He has probably sucked in someone on this list into buying one and they might comment. Or do it like Arty Kirchner and carry it under your arm. On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > > > > Many other will say it covers the use of anything beyond OW1. I > > >have heard in my (short) time as a diver (only 6 years) deco > > > > Deco - Yes if it is of more than 15-20 mins > > Now I'm REALLY confused. Rec diving is no-deco diving....so what is > diving that requires less than 15-20 minutes of deco called? > > > Pony cylinders have no place in 'techdiving'! > > I dunno Chris, every dive I've ever made past 400 feet has involved pony > cylinders. My last several 400 feet dives were made using *only* pony > cylinders (5 of them - 2 13.5cf, 3 30cf, most came back to the surface > full). All my mixed-gas OC dives have used ponies. In fact, fighuring > out the best way to attach them, and where to put them, is a big issue. > On OC I used Pony Tamers; on the rebreather I use hose clamps to attach > them to aluminum brackets. > > Aloha, > Rich > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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