#1371
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From caves4me: One of the things I don’t like is when instructors and dive shops push side mounting to beginners. I’d like to see more advanced students in back mount configuration then try side mounting, this way they can make their choice what’s good for them.
As you may have noticed, I would follow that idea beyond just side mounting.....anyways, will leave my comment at like the way you think on this one.
But can definitely understand one wanting to master a system before using it for its intended purpose. I originally did cave training in H-valved singles (1999), so appreciate the current bypassing of that step. Got to say if I had realized what I’d end up doing in diving, would have had dubs much sooner, but my dive intrests are not typical, (cavers are, what, [2% of certified divers?) Now, I rarely dive anything other than IMBM dubs, frequently with a stage, even though most dives not in overhead. Maybe does look like overkill in recreational settings, they only look cool if clean / free of all danglies and you’re not crashing / silting / turtleing / bumping / dragging / scraping / poorly trimmed / non-streamlined, etc. Control & function more important than Fashion.
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