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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:25:22 -0300, you wrote:

>List, regarding to DIN or yoke connections on stage bottles, which one is
>DIR? I've heard from a GUE instructor that DIN fittings are a no-no for
>stages, due to it's fragility to impact. Something that a shock would render
>the stage reg useless. Is there any truth in it? If affirmative, when diving
>with one stage only, should I go for yoke or stick to DIN (as my back gas
>regs are all DIN)?

If that were true, then why would almost all of us dive DIN on our
manifolds? Would that location be much more likely damaged than the
bottles clipped close to our bodies?
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