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On 9/4/98 6:26 PM DEnig@ao*.co* wrote: >Well, it's too bad you couldn't come up with A thru G on your own Jim. First, Why reinvent the wheel? >I would like to thank John Brett, RMC, Sean Cary, Sean Stevenson and Carlos >Accioly for their input. They responded in clear, well thought out posts with Well, maybe they are not as sick as I am of mindless promotions of bogus products. >no mud slinging or name calling. And guess what? It's given me some things to >take back into the water and test. I want to see for myself. I haven't had Gosh, what a goddamn revelation, you are actually going try out regular wings. Jesus Christ, at least I had the integrity to try out both systems before rendering an opinion. >any >of the problems I've read about here but at last, I see some clear >indications >of what to look for. Still not much in the way of difference with my wings >and >others. After all, I only have a single bladder OMS so only one inflator, one >hose etc and I seem to have what may be more lift than needed. Add to that I >do have the bungees and I will be putting them thru more evaluation but at >least now I have additional info that I didn't have before. Believe me, I >enjoy life. I don't want to be a statistic. If I find anything in my gear >that >clearly has the potential of causing me harm with the type of diving I do, >that gear is gone and gone fast. Yes, trying out regular wings is good. If you have half a brain, you will come to the same conclusion as dozens of other divers have. >Look Jim. FYI, I am not a shill for OMS. Wouldn't know any of their employees >if I passed them on the street. Neither am I deaf, dumb or blind. Couldn't do >my job if I were. Nor could I do my job if I were openly antagonistic or >closed minded. And I live in a very much "real world" as opposed to fantasy. >200 posts by 50 people (4 posts each). How many of those 50 ever tried the >OMS? Would be nice to know but no longer relevant info for me. Thanks to >those >named above, I am equipped with more info that was presented with a better >attitude. The message has more of a chance of getting thru. And, I'm going to >try and duplicate (in a safe and controlled fashion) each of the points that >have been validly raised. I really don't need your winey, wimpy platitudes. >Perhaps some of the problems are training related? or QC issues? or even >design flaws. Training issues are not valid ones to dump a piece of gear. >After all, if one doesn't train with their gear, perhaps one should >consider a >different sport. I practice constantly with my life support equipment both >for >work and for diving. >Poor QC is. >Design flaws are unless the flaw is easily and safely corrected at much less >expense than replacing and the correction cures the danger of the flaw. >What do I know that others don't? Lots in some fields, lots less in lots of >other fields. I am clearly tho, NOT an expert.Never professed to be. I'm >simply someone who wants to learn more but needs info to make decisions. Real >info as opposed to wild comments or statements made with out substance to >back >them up. No, the problem is that there are hucksters in every aspect of life wherein a buck can be made. I realize how hard it is to admit you are a sucker and got screwed. What really takes backbone is to admit that perhaps, just maybe, you made a purchase error and, well, maybe all those guys just might be right. I did, and will keep doing so if I can prevent one or two people from making the same mistakes. I am a hard-headed contrarian just like most divers and have to learn the hard way. But I did eventually *learn* and I will hammer fellow hard-heads like you until you do too. I will rail against stuperwings, pony bottles, air 2's, stuffed hoses, unneeded D rings, and any other such flim-flamery which cares to raise it's ugly head. I'm no dive-god, but I sure as hell can tell black from white. >Call me what you will. In the grand scheme of life, it matters not much. Well, we agree on something. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix At http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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