A few Kit questions

[Mal Bridgeman]

Originally Posted by robertsT

All good advice, thanks!

I have mixed feelings about waiting till after the course to buy the rest of my set up as I would quite like to use it as an oportunity to get my own kit adjusted to me.

Good point .... maybe have a chat with your intended Instructor beforehand so they can guide you to choose the right things .... they each have their own preferred way of doing things, some are tolerant of different ways of doing things and some are not.

HTH
Mal

[robertsT]

Originally Posted by broady

Get in the gym mate - my Mrs is 5:5 and 8.5 stone and can stand and waddle with twin 12's and 2 Ali 80 stages and she's deffo no butch bitch !!

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A chat with a friend of mine who is a physio made me realise that twin 12s are a bad idea for small people!

[Clare Gledhill]

Originally Posted by robertsT

A chat with a friend of mine who is a physio made me realise that twin 12s are a bad idea for small people!

Yeah right

Not as bad an idea as twin 15s, 18s, or an RB80 - all of which I dive with a varying number of stages. The advice of go to a gym is not that far off the mark. I did - and still do. Diving is a physical sport and strength training is a part of it as you move into technical diving or you will face injury. Up your cardio and you'll breathe less too.

[PBrown]

Originally Posted by robertsT

A chat with a friend of mine who is a physio made me realise that twin 12s are a bad idea for small people!

Twin 12's will rest on the ground/bench when you sit down, twin 10's won't as they are too short.

My wife also has no problems with 12's.

cheers,
Paul

[ralphg]

Originally Posted by robertsT

yes Does sound like we are at a similar level if you fancy playing around with new twin sets at a pond some time after easter I would be keen

Sounds good. I'm looking at a few of us going to Guildy or Stoney towards the end of March if you are interested. Will let you know when we have sorted the dates out. Ralph