With my regular dive buddies I use just standard black second stages, and they're set up identically as I'll usually be breathing from both during a dive. Also, if someone needs my reg I don't want in a stress situation to find it harder to breathe. I do use one yellow and one black reg when I'm diving on a single with a renta-buddy as it's easier for them to follow their training and grab the right one. Apart from that I think different colours for different gas mixes is a great way to confirm that you've picked the one you want.
Mark, love the channel but I disagree a little on this question, or perhaps just might add the following additional consideration: One reason reg colour matters is that in an out of air situation a panicking diver WILL either (1) grab the reg right out of your mouth, or (2) grab what “looks” like the octopus / second stage (typically yellow or another bright colour). So, whatever you do, I would recommend not having a yellow / bright reg as your necklace reg around your neck (if primary donate setup), or as your primary in an octo setup. For context, I switched to a primary donate setup( with the XL4+), and kept the white as my primary and black as my necklace backup. Again, love the channel! Thanks!!!
@askMark. What’s best practices for where one should carry a regulator/SPG overseas? I’ve been traveling many years with my regulator/SPG in checked baggage with no problems having packed the regs in its regulator bag and putting that inside the designated regulator zippered-pouch on the outside of my checked dive bag; however, on my last trip going to Komodo, my first/second stage regulator was banged up, and my SPG would no longer function. Was I lucky all these years having no problems with the way I had packed them, or is it best to put the regs inside of my checked bag, surrounded by other gear, or in my carry-on bag?
Thanks for answering, Mark. I am also in the UK. The colour options are more a for personalised look. (An extension of coloured hoses) I have just bought my first set, so I was just wondering what my options were. Cheers again, big fan of the channel.
FWIW, I use Apeks XTX50 First and Second stages, set up for Primary donate. My long hose is Yellow, and I use a Yellow Second stage as my primary. My reasoning for that set-up is for familiarity for a OOG diver. Divers are primarily taught to look for the Yellow second stage, and instinctually (and from review of incident reports) a panicked OOG divers tends to go for the second stage that is in the mouth of the diver doing the donate. (They'll know exactly where that is without needing to look for one elsewhere.) So if they come to me in a panic, I want them to take the long hose so I make it easily recognisable.
With my regular dive buddies I use just standard black second stages, and they're set up identically as I'll usually be breathing from both during a dive. Also, if someone needs my reg I don't want in a stress situation to find it harder to breathe. I do use one yellow and one black reg when I'm diving on a single with a renta-buddy as it's easier for them to follow their training and grab the right one. Apart from that I think different colours for different gas mixes is a great way to confirm that you've picked the one you want.
Mark, love the channel but I disagree a little on this question, or perhaps just might add the following additional consideration: One reason reg colour matters is that in an out of air situation a panicking diver WILL either (1) grab the reg right out of your mouth, or (2) grab what “looks” like the octopus / second stage (typically yellow or another bright colour). So, whatever you do, I would recommend not having a yellow / bright reg as your necklace reg around your neck (if primary donate setup), or as your primary in an octo setup. For context, I switched to a primary donate setup( with the XL4+), and kept the white as my primary and black as my necklace backup.
Again, love the channel! Thanks!!!
I would think we should avoid using bright green for anything other than >40% 02, no?
It's worth noting that DGX will sell any part (for DGX branded gear) to anyone!
@askMark. What’s best practices for where one should carry a regulator/SPG overseas?
I’ve been traveling many years with my regulator/SPG in checked baggage with no problems having packed the regs in its regulator bag and putting that inside the designated regulator zippered-pouch on the outside of my checked dive bag; however, on my last trip going to Komodo, my first/second stage regulator was banged up, and my SPG would no longer function. Was I lucky all these years having no problems with the way I had packed them, or is it best to put the regs inside of my checked bag, surrounded by other gear, or in my carry-on bag?
Thanks for answering, Mark. I am also in the UK. The colour options are more a for personalised look. (An extension of coloured hoses)
I have just bought my first set, so I was just wondering what my options were.
Cheers again, big fan of the channel.
FWIW, I use Apeks XTX50 First and Second stages, set up for Primary donate. My long hose is Yellow, and I use a Yellow Second stage as my primary. My reasoning for that set-up is for familiarity for a OOG diver. Divers are primarily taught to look for the Yellow second stage, and instinctually (and from review of incident reports) a panicked OOG divers tends to go for the second stage that is in the mouth of the diver doing the donate. (They'll know exactly where that is without needing to look for one elsewhere.) So if they come to me in a panic, I want them to take the long hose so I make it easily recognisable.
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