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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01BF7A37.584A0860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, =20 I have been lurking here for quite a while and and feel I have picked up = a lot of useful info. I have followed just about all the links that have been posted at = various times and am really=20 looking forward to reconfiguring my setup (I remember the freedom of = movement I had with=20 a backpack rather than my BC!). I guess this reconfiguring is gonna cost = me plenty so I am=20 hoping someone can answer a few questions and set me on the right track. =20 My drysuit is so old that I am about to get a new one in a week or two. = What should I go for,=20 crushed neoprene/membrane? I dive every weekend here in the English = Channel=20 but make a lot of overseas trips so I would prefer something much = lighter than my current 8mm neoprene! =20 I plan to get a set of wings and start using doubles. At the moment like = most Brits=20 I dive a single cylinder with a pony. What are your thoughts on a wing = system that=20 I can use at home for doubles and with a single on those frequent trips = where doubles=20 (rentals) are rarely available? =20 From what I can fathom the DIR system puts a lot of dependancy on the = buddy=20 (redundant timers etc?). What is the DIR thinking with regard to such = equipment under conditions of low vis and strong currents? =20 Whats wrong with using a computer? (I am sure I rewad somewhere that = computers were not considered DIR...Todds pages I think!) I always carry = deco tables but generally rely on my computer when doing simple wreck = dives in the 100-130ft range. Stevie =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01BF7A37.584A0860 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 = HTML//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have been lurking here for quite a while and and = feel I have=20 picked up a lot of useful info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> I have followed just about all the links that = have been=20 posted at various times and am really </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>looking forward to reconfiguring my setup (I = remember the=20 freedom of movement I had with </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>a backpack rather than my BC!). I guess this = reconfiguring is=20 gonna cost me plenty so I am </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>hoping someone can answer a few questions and set me = on the=20 right track.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My drysuit is so old that I am about to get a new = one in a=20 week or two. What should I go for, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>crushed neoprene/membrane? I dive every weekend here = in the=20 English Channel </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>but make a lot of overseas trips so I would prefer = something=20 much lighter than</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> my current 8mm neoprene!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I plan to get a set of wings and start using = doubles. At the=20 moment like most Brits </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I dive a single cylinder with a pony. What are your = thoughts=20 on a wing system that </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I can use at home for doubles and with a single on = those=20 frequent trips where doubles </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>(rentals) are rarely available?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>From what I can fathom the DIR system puts a lot of = dependancy=20 on the buddy </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>(redundant timers etc?). What is the DIR thinking = with regard=20 to such equipment</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> under conditions of low vis and strong=20 currents?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Whats wrong with using a computer? = (I am sure I=20 rewad somewhere that computers were not considered DIR...Todds pages I = think!) I=20 always carry deco tables but generally rely on my computer when doing = simple=20 wreck dives in the 100-130ft range.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 = size=3D2>Stevie</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0039_01BF7A37.584A0860-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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