| Ah the pony debate. I haven't read one of these for a long while !
I use a pony as a bail out to get me to the surface when I've lost my buddy and somethings gone wrong with my kit. Mines back mounted and inverted so I can get to the valve with the hose going up from my left to my right and bungeed round my neck.
For me, it's peace of mind and no one is ever going to convince me to ditch mine (except in favour of a twin set). It has enough gas to get me from 40m to the surface safely (with a safety stop) on a no stop dive (not teckie.... yet !). The UK viz, rather than depth is the big reason I have one - it's very easy to lose your buddy (usually momentarily) that the law of sod states that the one time you have a problem (lp hose blows, freeflow etc) is the one time your buddy has gone ferreting and you can see him (her).
Ratbag - Have a think through the diving you do and what you would do in certain situations and make the choice - I'm not going to get into any debates about this, especially with DIR divers. Already had this with the guys in the DIRDirect shop in portland over inverted backmouting of my pony - all I wanted was an SPG! |