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Echo Dom's comments, better off not chucking another piece of equipment to solve what is essentially a skill issue. It takes practice and technique to get to the valves. I would invert if I could not reach them. I was a lucky git and got my hands on the valves first time I tried, however my drysuit is too big around the shoulders, back and chest area, in fact it's just too big!
Dave, if you want to borrow my full rig indefinitely you can, I will shortly be moving over to sidemounts as the caves I'm working towards have passages which are far too small to get through with backmounts. I've tried already (lots of tank clanging)and it's not worth the risk of bursting pillar valves/manifold to squeeze through. I'll be probably using the sidemounts for lots of open water stuff too so I can get the configuration perfect. The backmount kit is yours to play with if you want it! Twin 7s, 232, isolating manifold, SS bands and Halcyon wing. I need to make a cave diving harness first so that will take me a few weeks to finish designing it, get the bits and then build it.  |