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Cobb, I didn't know pony bottles were bad???? When did that happen???? I dove with some schmuck in a puddle and he was carrying a bottle with 40% in it and he told me that TDI taught him that.. It must be right if TDI is teaching it, right????? Later ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Cobb" <cobber@ci*.co*> To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:30 AM Subject: H/Y valves, Pony bottles, Invisible demons. > I repeat I have nothing to do with GUE or DIR. > > > 1) Smaller profile > > To do what, wreck penetrations? And I can also state that a proper set of > doubles has less of a horizontal hight than a single any day of the week. > > > 2) Reduced weight > > That's funny when I'm underwater (you do dive don't you?) I cannot seem to > tell the difference in weight. > > > 3) Decreased drag > > Can you prove this? I doubt the difference is worth noting when you consider > all the other crap, lights, gear bags, etc. > > > 4) Readily available > > I can drive down to the dive shop and purchase a set of doubles right now if > I want. > > > 5) Reduced space requirements > > So you have 2 tanks separate or together, don't understand your reasoning > here. They take up the same room > > > 6) KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid > > My whole point with bagging the H or Y valve. > > Good Lord I have not seen such frothing at the mouth since the last time I > said that pony bottles were crap. Pony bottles and H/Y valves are psudo-tech > bullshit and you bone-heads out there need to pull your heads out of your > asses and try a set of doubles, you bunch of fucking cheapskates. Doubles > are redundant flasks of air connected by an isolator valve. H/Y valves and > Pony bottles are just you guys fighting with invisible demons. Preparing > most for the disasters that are least likely to happen. > > Reg failures are exceeding rare. Needing more air than you've got all the > time. So what do you bozos do? Do nothing about your air supply and strap on > 2 regulators. That really makes sense. And then you defend this shit to the > death. > > There are always particular circumstances for this or that. Ice diving may > be one of them, I don't know as I've never done it. But the point is that > putting a H/Y valve or strapping a pony does not a techdiver make. > > Doubles are balanced, redundant, comfortable (both on the surface and in the > water) and anybody who says otherwise has not tried a set of properly setup > doubles. > > And for those of you who travel, simple, don't overhead dive. There is > nothing down there worth dieing for, why take the risk? > > Jim > > > -- > 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'.
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