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Jeff Kell Wrote: >This may be a setup as flame bait, but what's wrong with "switching" the >role of the pony from bailout to managed gas assuming you are past the >point where a full 30cf of bailout supply is necessary? Taking that one >step further, if you use a "lean" EANx mix, say EAN32, you can use it >for either bailout or managed gas provided your max depth doesn't exceed >the max ppO2 levels of the pony mix - and you get the added advantage of >improved deco/stops whether you use it for bailout or managed gas. I followed your reasoning very well. As I stated earlier, I'm setting up my pony rig right now and actually got the pony today. I have put the pony tamers on it and seems to be just fine. I plan on using my pony for pretty much saftey stops. The diving that I'm mostly doing right now is no deco dives to 100'. These dives are usually pushing no deco time limits on my computer and the main purpose of my pony (with EAN32 or 36) is just to make my ascents and saftey stops safer. I see nothing wrong with using this added saftey to reduce that risk of pushing it to far. It could still work as a bailout with these depths. You would have to be careful if you swithed at 120', but ascending slightly would solve that problem. BUT! I would not want to use it as managed gas to deeper depths, because of the bailout problem. I would not feel safe at deeper depths using a high EAN mix, either. At this point, why not use a smaller pony with air to reach the shallower water then swith to a higher EAN mix? This would make the bailout even safer. JUST MY THOUGHTS! Aloha, Tony
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