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This message was intended to be a private one but it looks like I might not be the only one with these questions: Dear Ingemar, I'd like to get your opinion on a few things since Sweden and Canada are so close climate wise. We mostly do open water deco diving in what I'd call "icy water" with some penetration into wrecks. I don't like the "cold water" term since lot of people think that cold means 10C. What we (and I bet you guys too) dive is, most of the time, closer to 4C year-round. Me and my buddies have been following the developments of the DIR system for the past 3 to 4 years. We are all converging toward the same gear config but are finding that some very minor aspects of the system seem to need some tuning. I'd like to know your opinion on these mods and whether there are better ways of doing things that we are not seeing. If you have any other suggestions I'd really like to hear about them too. 1) We find that holding something for a long time freezes our fingers. a) Reels: I find that all of the reels out there force you to hold them. I even bought an EE cold water one and I'm still not satisfied. What I think would be the optimum would be a reel with a Goodman handle. This would allow for a natural hand position and would eliminate the need of gripping a handle. What are you using? b) Bolt snaps: We have switched to the largest bolt snaps that we found (4.5" long) It helps a lot. We are still looking for snaps that are even easier to operate i.e. with a locking mechanism that is easier to grip. Any suggestions? c) Dry gloves: I'm curious to know what system you guys use. Most of our guys use the Viking cuffs and gloves. 2) The hip placement of the SPG makes it very difficult to read. Some of us have resorted to clipping it to the left chest D-ring. Is it our choice of mask that do not give us a large enough field of view? We are diving TLS suits and, in my case, a DUI 400 gr. underwear. It looks like we are not alone with this question (as posted on the techdiver list while I was writing this very message): >LIST, when diving cave-just got my full-cave- i dive DIR with the SPG clipped >off on the left waist strap D-ring, and view it by unclipping and reclipping > which works fine. deco bottles are genearly not a problem because they are >left at the cave entrance or close to it. but i noticed when one is doing a >deep wreck and carries a deco bottle on the left side with the light >cannister on the right side, it is almost impossible to unclip and view the > SPG for the back gas. this could pose a problem. Any good solutions for >managing a deco bottle and pressure gauge on the same side? should it go >accross the chest ? thanks in advance......joe boone Anything you guys are doing that you think that we could benefit from knowing? Thanks for your time. --- Roger Lacasse, Update Group, Dept 21, CAE Electronics Ltd. (514) 341-2000 x3659, lacasse@ca*.ca*. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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