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onetime · 23rd January 2008, 13:12

Quote: (Originally Posted by netmage)

I'm just begining down the Rebreather road, and I've already noticed quite the height difference between my OC gear and the meg...

The N@90 stand looks solid and functional... I havn't quite shed my OC/DIR mindset and through those glasses it looks like an entanglement risk...

To those of you diving these (or other types of frames) as a standard part of our kit; inside wrecks, inside caves, can you touch on your experiences. Have you ever had issues? Am I over analyzing?

-Tim

IMO there are few things that can really be overanalyzed. I've used a stand similar to the narked@90 over the last couple of years and, while I've never had an entanglement issue when running lines or coming across fishing line or the like it's certainly a possibility. Awareness of the places a line could be trapped is important and obviously priority should be given to not getting yourself in that position but I don't believe it would be too difficult to clear such an entanglement since it would be just behind your butt and it's pretty easy to reach back to it.

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onetime Classic KISSer #138 Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: US, NJ Posts: 673	Re: Frames/Stands: entanglement hazzard? Quote: (Originally Posted by netmage) I'm just begining down the Rebreather road, and I've already noticed quite the height difference between my OC gear and the meg... The N@90 stand looks solid and functional... I havn't quite shed my OC/DIR mindset and through those glasses it looks like an entanglement risk... To those of you diving these (or other types of frames) as a standard part of our kit; inside wrecks, inside caves, can you touch on your experiences. Have you ever had issues? Am I over analyzing? -Tim IMO there are few things that can really be overanalyzed. I've used a stand similar to the narked@90 over the last couple of years and, while I've never had an entanglement issue when running lines or coming across fishing line or the like it's certainly a possibility. Awareness of the places a line could be trapped is important and obviously priority should be given to not getting yourself in that position but I don't believe it would be too difficult to clear such an entanglement since it would be just behind your butt and it's pretty easy to reach back to it.
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