Inverted Twins; Pro's & Con's

[milldog]

Originally Posted by wilbo

OK Mal thats all fair and well - but what would you do if you came across an out-of-bucket diver?

Oi

Cruel but fair

Graham

[dry suit diver]

no need for custom hoses all mine are off the shelf at Kent diving.

the halo was bought cheap from a YDer who was denying he was a DIR diver when he patently was. even though he is a short little ginger guy with a west country accent

Nigels website helped me set it up and I have never looked back on the twins.

[Bottle Maker]

Peaple are making a big thing about custom hoses, there was a time when 5 or 7foot hoses where custom hoses.

As for intaglement risk from somebody who got hung up in HMS Landrail I would prefere to be able to have the bottoms clear to that I have more chance of backing out of the hole i swam into.

Graham.

[Steve S]

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

I would disagree with the faster point .... but I think that's possibly procedural and practice.... the same individual should be able to achieve the same time I suspect.

The entanglement hazard is more interesting though. In what way are inverts less likely to get entangled?

TIA
Mal

Any time you want a GUE v invert shutdown contest I'd be happy to oblige re: the entanglement what is more likely to snag a smooth bottomed cylinder or valves and regs?

Originally Posted by Mal Bridgeman

I have no issue with people wanting to do it that way or find it's the best way for them but I do feel it's unfair to suggest it as a first step for the reasons I've explained.

Mal

Why, would you try and dissuade someone wanting to take the GUE path as a first step?
You are missing the point mate most people don't dive with rigid set procedures and just accept a compromise, horses for courses if you will. I can dive with GUE trained divers, solo or with any Tom, Dick or Paul Oliver with minimal disruption, and in over 700 dives my inverts have done nothing to cause me or my buddies a problem.

Why don't you admit the real reason you feel the way you do is a rule 6 violation and everything else is just a smoke screen

I must bow down to the Digmeister though if he says 99% then it must be so, although I would love to see the hard proof behind that assumption.

I agree with Ardhill any dive requiring 4 stages would see me using a CCR.

Safe diving,
Steve

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by Steve S

Why don't you admit the real reason you feel the way you do is a rule 6 violation and everything else is just a smoke screen

Rule 6 is a consequence of good procedures and practice, IMO, not a goal in itself.
Mal