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Chief - the reason for the isolator is as folows: the knobs are what get knocked off in an overhead. With yoke manifolds, the reg sticks up and it gets knocked loose as well. If you get the combination, or lose a reg, you need to isolate - we use it becasue we lose the knobs - they are extgremely fragile, and the stick out to the side, not where they can be protected by a cage or cobra guards. We thought about using stainless stems, but then everything else breaks On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Brent Crooks <brent.crooks@sy*.ca*> wrote: >Should one use an isolator or not??? The original idea behind the isolator >was for cavers using scooters in the event they hit the top of the cave. I >don't cave dive but do enjoy a good wreck pen! Should I isolate? The other >option is a manifold with a cage which is best for my diving. Considering >the hazzards of wreck diving and the strong currents of the St-lawerence. >BSC (Brent S. Crooks) >Brent Crooks >E-mail:brent.crooks@sy*.ca* >E-mail:bcrooks@ch*.ca*.ca* >Carleton University Student #237163 >tel: 613-836-7037 >PADI Instructor #205107 > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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