Quote: (Originally Posted by
iani)
I too use the Nova, the bailout strategy you mention doesn't help if you have a loop flood, this happened to me and I had a mouthful of cocktail. I bailed onto the side mounted tx 100, breathing through the nose is ok in theory but I wouldn't want to have to do it for long, luckily I only had a few mins of stops and was on the surface quickly. I think the best strategy is to bail onto a side mounted 2nd then replace the CC mouthpiece with another 2nd stage so you can minimise the dead space and also breathe comfortably.
Ian
No problem with a loop flood, turn the dsv off, pop it off, rinse your mouth out and pop the apex reg in. Having the reg plugged into the side is a pain and having over 250 hours on my meg with no bailouts necessary, for any reason, leads me to the conclusion that having the tx100 strapped to my stage works just fine. Even if the meg floods, a very slim probability due to the design, the diver would know it long before it could get to the DSV.