Paul

I think you may have lost sight of the big picture.  There are usually
several things to attempt before dumping any ditcheable weight, which is the
very, repeat very, last option.  At that time, the cost of any item of
equipment is insignificant and would not be consideration.

The point about a canister being ditcheable is that it avoids the clutter of
a weight belt and the inherent unreliability of a weight belt.  If you take a
weight belt it will be clutter and risk on very dive you do.  Whereas, you
should never need to dump a canister.

David Shimell
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Paul Braunbehrens [SMTP:Bakalite@ba*.co*]
Sent:	Monday, August 21, 2000 4:44 AM
To:	Einar Hagen; Thomas Tukker
Cc:	Techdiver
Subject:	Re: Advice on Halcyon bladder size?

Einar Hagen wrote:
>
>And when i ditch the Pro14, i am coming back with a fill of the
>proper mix to retreive it, regardless of depth..........   :-)

I think this is an inherent flaw in the idea that the light is the 
ditcheable weight.  If you don't have ditcheable weight, fine, I 
don't care, I don't want to argue about that.  However, if you feel 
that you need to have ditcheable weight, then making it the single 
most expensive piece of equipment you own is not a great idea.  The 
time when you need to ditch is not the time to pussyfoot around 
because you think you might be able to make it.  I think you'll do a 
lot more of that, if your ditcheable weight is an $800 HID light, 
then if it's a $20 weight belt.

Anyway, that's just how I feel about it, I know that it's DIR to do 
it this way, and saying anything against DIR is likely to get you 
roasted to a crisp, but this has been bothering me for some time now, 
so I thought it was worth mentioning.

Cheers,

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