| I dive my KISS classic in caves. As long as you carry enough gas for bailout at your deepest penetration there shouldn't be a problem. I have a lp hose coming off the diluent manifold to a QC fitting so I can plug in offboard diluent. I use faber 20 cf tanks for onboard gas but usually use diluent from a stage during the dive. My unit certainly isn't any higher profile than the Faber LP 112s I used to dive with. I have followed sidemounters through some modest restrictions without problems.
I also use the 17 inch breathing hoses because the longer ones were getting snagged and abraded in tight passages. The problem with the 17 inch hoses is that they should be about 19 inches as they tend to push the mouthpiece into my mouth and the inside of my mouth gets sore (especially last month with 45 hours underwater over a ten day period).
I think the inability to recover from a loop flood is not a major concern as long as you have sufficient bailout. The longest I have stayed on my loop in one dive is about 3.5 hours.
JimG
Tampa |