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hi tiewrap,
when i got my pony, i was aked my a few members of my club if it was the right thing to do, the premise being that i'd probably end up with a twinset sooner or later. to cut a long story short, they were right.
However, for a lot of divers that don't want to arse about with twins and wings, a pony is a fine way to go.
For a SD doing 25~35mtr dives,a pony makes diving a lot less worrying as if anything does go wrong with your gas, you've got a spare reg that you know will work. I used mine with a technosub backet which is about £50 and a simple 232bar 3l tank, a cyklon reg and a button gauge.
i got a cyklon rather than a cheap as chips scubapro r190 as my main reg was a cyklon and i knew it would help reduce the cost of moving to a twin set - if i decided to do it in the future.
As you're in a club it's worth hasslng the members try and borrow their ponys and/or see if any of the club's newer techie divers are selling their old ponys.
I'd say it's probably not worth going straight out and buying a twin set just yet. Go out and do a load of SD style deeper dives with your pony and get happy with the depth first. - that's probably a debatable issue though, so you really need to do what you feel.  |