| Twin 10's is a good choice, I used to dive them, and you can always upgrade to 12's in the future.
Wing and backplate - it really is personnel preference, they all do the same job. Some have more lift, more streamlined, diffrent prices. As long as it suits your needs that should be fine. The only advice would be to check the lift of the wing and ensure it is suitable for the cylinders you carry (or may carry in the future).
regs are personnel choice aswell, you cant really get a bad one so go with what you like. considerations;
1) Some regs typically Poseidons, you can choose the length of hose when you buy them. Others do not. you can buy longer hoses (typcially £20). Fitting them is easy, you just need a couple of spanners. Alterntively if you buy the reg and hose at the shop get them to fit it for you.
2) how are you going to route your regs, traditional regs come over your right hand shoulder. Ideally you want your left cylinder and left reg to come over your left shoulder (unless your DIR - but speak to them if your intrested in their routing) I XTX and side vent regulators allow this.
3) yes your primary DOES go on your right.
Backplate and harnesses typcially do not have built in pockets like BC's. There are exceptions e.g. OMS IQ pack etc. You can also buy pockets to fit onto your harness, as needed. A lot of techie divers use boltsnaps and connect things directly to theirharness via D rings. Positives and negatives to all.
Wrapping an SMB to a reel. Put a loop of bungee through the hole in the handle. Put your smb (clipped to the line obviously) level with the handle. Loop the bungee loop around the spool handle. I dont ahve a camera for a better explantion sorry.
Oh and speak to other twin set users - do a course etc. its eaasier to learn from them.  |