Quote: | Originally Posted by Johnny Boy what garf says. having a deco/stage bottle 'round the back' without being able to confirm what regs are where and what your about to breath off is a complete no no. you should be able to trace the hose of the deco reg back to the 1st stage and valve to confirm. an advanved nitrox/deco course will point this out very clearly. |
mmm.........the bsac advanced nitrox course manual states and shows having a deco cylinder on the back and inverted which is then primed and the valve closed to prevent loss of gas so tend to disagree with the "no no" sentiment. As for confirming the regs, simple if I am using the cylinder for deco then the reg I use for deco is clipped on my left shoulder with a guard across the mouth piece. i have to point out that I do not have the experince that Garf has but this set up has worked for me.
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