Who actually dives doubles?

[ianr33]

Almost exclusively doubles.

Some dives I need them,some dives I dont but I am too lazy to mess with switching over wings and hoses on regs !

[mm_dm]

Originally Posted by ianr33

Almost exclusively doubles.

Some dives I need them,some dives I dont but I am too lazy to mess with switching over wings and hoses on regs !

Ha! You nailed it, Ian!

[Charles R]

90% of my dives are in Doubles now.

[cummings66]

All my dives are in doubles, HP100's and HP120's.

[doczerothree]

Originally Posted by CompuDude

+1

Doubles for training, doubles for deep, doubles for overhead. Singles for easy pure fun dives.

I do as much as possible of all of the above.

I'd keep the rec wing as a "starter" doubles wing, IF you think you're going to go tech and start diving doubles. If you think you're going to stick with pure single tank recreational diving, sell the rec wing and get a wing that's better designed for singles. Compromise wings like the rec wing are "jack of all trades, master of none" territory. They'll work for each, but aren't nearly as good as one dedicated to the purpose.

If you're diving a bp/w it's likely you'll end up with several (or at least two) wings and several plates anyway, so don't worry about it too much to begin with.

Same here. It's mission specific.

[harb99]

singles for now - might switch to doubles down the road, but it will be awhile

[MSilvia]

I have one rig set up for single tank diving, and another for HP100 doubles. I use the doubles for wrecks, deco, deep, and any time I want redundancy or extra gas. I sometimes use them on shallow shore dives if I want more than 60 minutes of bottom time.

I started with a RecWing, and I REALLY don't care for it. I advise you to drop it like a hot potato and get a good singles wing in the 30# range.

[SlvrDragon50]

When you say increased BT, how deep are you at anyways?

[in_cavediver]

Originally Posted by SlvrDragon50

When you say increased BT, how deep are you at anyways?

That's a good question. For shallow stuff (60' or less), a single would server me as well as doubles for the amount of time I'd like to spend. Below 60', doubles are nice so I can have my gas plan and stay as long as I like. (I have deco training so I choose the BT I want and go from there)

For an Example - a nice wreck in Lake Michigan - the Eber Ward. Its in around 140' of water and a nice 30 minute dive is about right for the water temps. Need doubles for that one.

[SlvrDragon50]

Well, I'm in the tropics so I'm never really too worried about temperature being too cold.

I suppose I may exchange the rec wing... I just don't feel like having to ship it back to ST.. agh