The Beginner's guide to Twinsets

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" wrote
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

I have never been confident that I could turn off a cylinder when I needed
to inside the confined space of a wreck.
So I dive with twin 7 litre (I always been a light breather) cylinders that
are completely seperate. Have two regulators (one for each cylinder) and
just alternate them during the dive. My BCD is supplied by cylinder 1 and
my dry suit is supplied by cylinder 2.

The above is very simple and if only one problem/mal-function occurrs, I do
not have to be able to shut anything off, and I will still have air and
buoyancy. Obvious draw back is that I do have to alternate regulators
during the dive.

"The Wrecked Diver" <robin@jpeal.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1116275082.476556.174430@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

My advice is simple - do a twinset familiarisation course. A lot of tech
instructors off them these days and - naturally - I'm going to plug that one
that we offer at Vobster...

http://www.vobsterquay.co.uk/training-twinf.shtml

Trust me - it'll be money well spent! And no, it's not a DIR course...

"The Wrecked Diver" <robin@jpeal.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1116275082.476556.174430@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

My advice is simple - do a twinset familiarisation course. A lot of tech
instructors off them these days and - naturally - I'm going to plug that one
that we offer at Vobster...

http://www.vobsterquay.co.uk/training-twinf.shtml

Trust me - it'll be money well spent! And no, it's not a DIR course...

"The Wrecked Diver" <robin@jpeal.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1116275082.476556.174430@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

My advice is simple - do a twinset familiarisation course. A lot of tech
instructors off them these days and - naturally - I'm going to plug that one
that we offer at Vobster...

http://www.vobsterquay.co.uk/training-twinf.shtml

Trust me - it'll be money well spent! And no, it's not a DIR course...

"The Wrecked Diver" <robin@jpeal.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1116275082.476556.174430@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I am about to embark on the new adventure of twinset diving. I have
> discovered that, associated with an increased degree of complexity
> comes an incresed degree of very wide ranging opinion. For example:
> Bungey wing or non bungey wing;
> Barrel fit manifold or O-ring assembly manifold
> Harness with / without release clips
> "Doing it Right", or not "Doing it Right"
>
> For fear of not "Doing it Right",(and incurring the scorn of the divers
> who do "Do it Right") or incurring the scorn and wrath of other divers
> who may have the opinion that a certain piece of kit is either
> unnecessary, or absolute requirement, I would welcome some advice.

My advice is simple - do a twinset familiarisation course. A lot of tech
instructors off them these days and - naturally - I'm going to plug that one
that we offer at Vobster...

http://www.vobsterquay.co.uk/training-twinf.shtml

Trust me - it'll be money well spent! And no, it's not a DIR course...