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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:59:43 +0300
From: "Manos Manoli" <cytech@ma*.co*.cy*>
To: cs@ex*.co*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Single or Doubles
I dont think is matter of opinion , is matter of safety.  at that depth 
single is a bad choise.
You will probably need the extra gas not for the dive but in case you 
fu%$ up.


Manos Manoli
www.smiley.cy.net/cytech


Chris Silkman wrote:

>I'm new to wreck diving with only about 100 dives, all in the North East
>(CT, NJ area). Right now I dive with a single OMS LP 112. Needless to
>say everyone I dive with uses double 112's or the like. In my southern
>CT area there is a prominent wreck diver that some of you might know,
>but I'll spare his name. He dives with a single OMS LP 135 (to 3200 PSI)
>and usually dives in the 150-180' range like the Bass wreck.
>
>So my question, and I know it is a matter of opinion; what are the pros
>and cons of diving doubles or one big single? Someone I know has a 1
>year old set of double OMS LP 112's set up with bands and manifold for
>$800. Not sure which way to head though, a large single with H-valve or
>doubles.
>
>What is the train of thought on this?
>
>
>
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