Gear
Backmount, sidemount or CCR?
The platform you choose shapes almost every other decision about your diving. What each one does well, where each one struggles, and how divers choose.
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Gear
Configuration is a set of trade-offs
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Gear
Standardised or personalised?
Should every diver on a team use exactly the same configuration, or should each diver adapt their kit to themselves and the site? One of the longest-running arguments in technical diving.
Gear
Long hose or octopus?
How you donate gas to an out-of-air diver affects how you both get out. The long-hose method dominates technical diving, but it's not the only option.
Gear
Two computers, or tables?
Dive computers now run full trimix decompression. Should you trust two of them, or plan the dive on paper and dive the plan? Most divers do some of both.