Buddy Line (Poll)

Ken wrote

> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
> would need them to be upside down too!

Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
water as an essential element of safe diving.

You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
hand?

Lee

Ken wrote

> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
> would need them to be upside down too!

Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
water as an essential element of safe diving.

You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
hand?

Lee

Ken wrote

> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
> would need them to be upside down too!

Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
water as an essential element of safe diving.

You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
hand?

Lee

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken

"Lee Bell" <pleebell2@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:qvgpg.80876$qd2.4200@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
> Ken wrote
>
>> As one who has insufficient range of movement of his shoulders to permit
>> reaching my own single-cylinder valve, were I to have manifolded twins I
>> would need them to be upside down too!
>
> Were that the case for me, I think I might consider an inverted single as
> well. I've always considered being able to reach one's valve while in the
> water as an essential element of safe diving.
>
> You can't do it even if you lift the tank from the bottom with your other
> hand?

No. Even when as last week was diving wearing a T-shirt only under my BCD,
unrestricted by any wet or drysuit. I can just reach the valve to touch it,
but I can do nothing with it as my arm hurts too much when I've gone that
far. And I tend to wear it rather higher than most folk. I've seen very many
people with their valve level with the lower border of their shoulder
blades. But why would I want it upside down as a single? A twin I can
understand, given that I would need to do isolating procedures in the event
of a major loss of gas from somewhere or other. A single is my ONLY source
of gas, and it's on when I jump in. I can't imagine I'd want to turn it off
midway through a dive under any circumstances. Were I to have a major loss
of gas, it's an aborted dive immediately. Turning the cylinder off is hardly
going to help, is it?

Ken