Quote: (Originally Posted by
kawasakign)
Kiss Classic and Sport: I just didn't like these at all. The mouthpiece with Bail out OC was a nice idea and something I really liked going into it...but then I felt it in the water and ug I hated it. heavy, big, jaw fatigue in the little time I was on them. Also, wow the counterlung design really makes you go chipmunk when u invert, and it never seemed like I could get the sweet spot with manual injection..(course this could be just cause I was new and hadn't really known how to).
Almost certainly non of the units was set up correctly for you- taking the KISS as my example (because I have one) with the hoses and weights setup correctly the mouthpiece can be entirely neutral in the water.
With regard chipmunking- this should happen on any unit when the CL centroid is at a lower pressure than your mouth... of course we all spend alot of time inverted don't we.
Lastly where you in a pool or lake/sea/quarry for a "proper" dive? Only most people find pools very difficult to dive in as you are "too" shallow for the buoyancy/PPO2 control to become balanced.
Just my 2cents worth...
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