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the 1/2" hose is a gimmick. You couldn't possibly out-breath a 3/8" hose. At 05:29 PM 3/16/2000 +0100, you wrote: >OK, I use an APEKS TX 100 as my primary reg, this uses a 1/2" hose but >breathes like a dream (It's also a diaphram system), why should I go back to >something like Scubapro with it's 3/8"hose. The only problem I have is that >the 1/2" hose tends to float up, but a couple of little lead rings soon stop >this. Comments please > >Regards > >Ray Blaker > >-----Original Message----- >From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> >To: Simon Murray <simonm@ho*.co*.za*> >Cc: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; Lovan <LovanC@Tr*.co*.za*> >Date: 15 March 2000 20:18 >Subject: Re: Helium penetrates neoprene ??? > > > >Simon, could you get this stroke to subscribe to techdiver - we have not > >had anyone to fry in weeks. > > > >The best chance for neopreme to hold to any degree at all is the > >commercial grade G231 stuff that has nitrogen bubbles in it > >intentionally in the manufacturing process. This mateial will compress > >less than non-bubbled neompreme, and will rebound exceptionally well, > >but still has a massive buoyancy swing. Only somebody who does not know > >any better dives a neopreme dryuit of any kind. > > > >We use the G231 nmaterial for our hoods so that they do not stay crushed > >and rebound at deco to keep us warm. > > > >The problem is diving is that you have an expensive , upscale sprot that > >is taught by roofers and insects who are dumber than mushrooms and can't > >get anything right. I saw an explanation of oxtox on the GUE list that > >some guy got from one of the other agencies ( he threw it out for our > >amusement) that was cause for Baker Acting whomever told it to him. What > >amazes me is that the smart people believe the cockroaches and then go > >so far as to repeat the slathering moronity that is taught to them by > >the dive industry savants. > > > >This is yet one more example. What you ar "missing" , Simon, is just how > >freaking stupid the dive "educators" really are. Good thing we have > >these lists, or we'd all be Tai Chi breathing and taking deep air > >classes in bondage wings , steel tanks with wetsuits, hemlets, square > >lights, skin diving fins, neopreme drysuits, fucked up manifolds, tec > >bs's, slobwinders, impropperly marked bottles, stroke gear configs, > >stuffed hoses, Poseiden second stages, high speeed inflators, 1/2 inch > >port regs, etc, etc. > > > >Simon Murray wrote: > >> > >> I had a conversation with a long term hardened stroke over the weekend > >> and he told me that his non-crushed neoprene dry suit does not change > >> its buoyancy characteristics as he goes deeper because the helium that > >> he uses to inflate it penetrates the neoprene and stops it from > >> crushing. > >> > >> Sounds like one of the best stroke stories I have ever heard, or am I > >> completely missing something ? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Simon Murray > > > > > >-- > >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ---------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest. (A thing is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it) ---------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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