New Sidemount Gear - First Dive

We went to Vinkeveen test and practice with my new sidemount set.
The Aprks MTX-R is wonderful as the Xdeep Stealth Tec 2.0 wing.
I will have to do some fine tuning adjustments and keep practicing but I am very satisfied of that gear.

[@overcash007]

That’s some great trim for first time love it

[@pinnacledivingco]

Good stuff. ☺️

[@montypythonish]

I have been UK twinset diving for nearly 20 years and am ready for a change. Side mount looks like the way for me to go.
I can't tell from your vid, do you double clip your cylinders (top & bottom?)? They look like they have a very high lower clip. Is this something you were taught or does it just fit you dive style? If you do have a high lower clip, is it easy to get to?

[@giuseppemoscarda]

This was my first tive with the new gear so a lots of details are/shall be fine tuned from here.
Indeed the lower clips were quite high and I lowered them but not that much becasue I want the tank valve just at my armpit.
I don't have clip on the tank valve, I use the bungee cord loop for the upper connection.

[@overcash007]

Bungee on the tank valve and the clip at the bottom should place the first stage right in your armpit in the water… you can put a choker and clip on the valve to clip to a chest d ring when getting on and off a boat that’s how I do it then I unclip it while In the water

[@timgosling6189]

I'm a newbie side mount diver so I've just been through some intensive set-up work. I also use the excellent Stealth 2 Tec but with steel cylinders. Therefore my lower clip-off is on the square D-rings, which puts the bands another couple of inches down the cylinders. Giuseppe is using aluminium cylinders that clip off on the waist belt so that they can be adjusted as the cylinders get more buoyant. But the key thing is that the wing looks correct on the body, nice and steamlined, and his trim is spot on. I also use just bungee to attach the top of the cylinders, with a bolt snap that can be hooked on the shoulder D-ring if required for entry and exit. It's such a comfortable way to dive!

[@overcash007]

@@timgosling6189 yeah with sidemount set up is everything I dive steel and aluminum I love playing with my aluminum I posted a video of the 4th of July on my Chanel where I no mount Superman both tanks through a window in an airplane

[@vlademarcepeshmanovich8322]

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