Gear choices for OW

[FMT]

While I dive H2 (or holistic hogarthian) I think its
important to look beyond just hose config and such to
a point made by DRE, that of diving with persons you
know and trust, be they H2, Dir, or whatever.
Yes it does make things easier when you are config'd
and trained the same way but it isn't an absolute.
It is situation dependant also. Doing a fish and coral
dive in 78F 200ft vis at 60ft is a world away from doing
a trimix dive to 200ft in 20ft vis at 43F and my choice
in dive buddies narrows majorly from the former to the
latter. Also on H2/Dir gear, my primary dive buddy
just returned from Cayman Brac having dove with bp/
harness/sta (single tank adapter) and he said it
worked wonderfully and drew few stares. I think you
will begin to see this more and more.
Todd