Transpac II + Twins

[Skeletor]

I have finally given in and brought twin 12's with the intention of going doewn the nitrox / adv. nitrox route.  I usually dive a single 15 with a dive rite rec wing on a transpac II harness.  I know that the wing bladder will happily take the 12's, but does anyone have any experience of using twins on a transpac ?  I know all of the dive rite literature  claim that it can be used with anything up to twin 20's, but I still have concerns about trusting all of that weight to a bit of material.  What think you ?

Cheers,

John

[Dr Stevil]

If their literature says twin 20's I'm sure you'll be fine with it, my OMS says 2x20s limit too.

Just a point of curiousity, you've associated nitrox diving with needing a twinset, is that what most people tend to think? If so why

[Conor]

May seem like a daft question but are you using the cambands or the stabilising plate ?

Diverite say you can use Cambands but I'm not sure I would want to try with twins. The stabilising plate supposedly makes the harness more stable but by all accounts I have heard not as stable as a backplate, but no problems for smaller sets.

BTW I am a TPII user but have no experience myself of using it with twins, this is just what I have heard said when considering buying a TPII knowing that twins probably lie somewhere in my future.

Hope this helps

Conor

[Dominic]

Nitrox & twins tend to go together because of the longer bottom times they both give... why use a gas that gives you an hours no-deco if you only have 30mins of gas?

And then there's the whole "getting into safer diving" - by using the optimal gas AND getting a redundant rig..

[MartinS]

Steve
In reply to your question - yes!
I guess being able to extend bottom times with nitrox therefore equates to having enough gas to do it, which in my mind the only solution was twins.
Regards, and dive safe
Martin

[Skeletor]

Camdiver,

Definately the  stabilising plates as the camband sounds just a bit too suspect ! Even so, the stabilising plates only really appear to act as an oversize washer.  I will eventually end up biting the bullet and buying  a backplate, but the credit card is still reeling from the twinset shock . . . . . I only went into the shop for a pair of gloves !

Steve W,

The descision to go down the twin path is partly brought on by the Nitrox, but also down to redundancy.  I did look into a pony set up, but with the price of the extra reg, cylinder and bracket, it was as cheap to buy the twins an an extra pseiodon 1st stage.   As far as the Nitrox = twins, I don't believe for a second that I NEED twins to do the nitrox, but with the prospect of longer bottom times without running into deco, the extra gas wouldn't go a miss.  And as  I plan to do the advanced notrox and deco procedures, then it seems a reasonable investment to make.

Having said all of that, and if I am totally honest, the twins do look much more macho than the single . . . .  they go really well with my 48" dive knife, 415V HID torch and and the miriad of other parephenalia adorning all of the 42 D rings

Cheers ,

John

[Conor]

Thought the same, keep us posted on how it goes with the TPII as I'll probably go down the same path in the future.

Cheers

Conor

[craigh]

i have TP2 but only use it for singles.. to my mind the plastic clips just dont look strong enough....

[Andy Phillips]

Hi,

I had one for a while, in the end I pulled an eyelet through but that was my own fault. I inserted a stainless backplate between the harness and the wing, it was fine so go ahead

Andrew

[JohnK]

John - dont worry at all mate. I have used a TII harness with my 12l twinset and the kit is as strong as hell !!

Only one tip though - get the stabilising plates that make the set more rigid. If you need a set you can have mine for a fiver !! - I converted to harness just to see what the fuss is all abbout and to be honest there is no difference.

Go for it