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# Sidemount Diving: The Almost Comprehensive Guide Paperback – September 21, 2015

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    well-written, informative book
  

*by J***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 11, 2015*

This is a well-written, informative book on sidemount diving. In contrast to many diving related books, including sidemount diving, this book is not generic but specific, and the author has a talent for writing. You don't come away thinking: just wasted money on generalities (that could be summarized in a few pages), and this person should not be writing for public consumption. Steve Lewis, among a few others (now including Rob Neto), are in the category of people who produce well-written, informative diving related books.Perhaps the audience that would most benefit from the book are beginning and experienced sidemount divers. The second group might include those thinking about sidemount diving and "experts" (sidemount cave divers and instructors). For those with only limited open water experience (e.g., AOW) who are thinking about sidemount diving, the book would be useful in conveying the myriad complexities associated with picking rigs and trimming them out, but they might not be able to fully understand some of the "how to's" in the book. The author provides specific information, in some cases, imbued with subtleties that comes from years of diving/teaching sidemount in caves and open water. It would be unusual for a book that's informative to beginning and experienced divers to be fully comprehensible to open water novices.The book's strengths include: The author alerts the reader to issues he/she should be cognizant of, in many instances, suggesting solutions without dogmatically fixating on one over others. The author has his preference, based on his own extensive experience, but he leaves it at that. A beginning sidemount diver, reading material on the Internet, will have difficulty distinguishing wheat from the chaff. It is here where Rob Neto's book provides the most valuable service. For experienced sidemount divers, the book provides perspectives on rigging and technique that may further enhance their own diving.Every book has weaknesses and this book is no exception. In my evaluation (5 stars), the positive far outweigh the negatives, but they are pointed out for future reference and completeness. There are a number of typos (and a repeated phrase) that can be fixed in a second edition. This is common for a first edition book, and, most importantly, the typos are few and obvious (some can change meaning/add confusion) so that they are not distracting. The photographs are in color but some (especially those that help explicate the text) will benefit from better resolution. There is always a trade-off with print cost, but an issue to be considered. A kindle edition may provide an easy fix for an electronic version. One of the strengths of the book is that it is focused and brief (about 120 pages), but invariably some relevant topics are not included as alluded in the subtitle of the book. One of them, under rigging, is the choice of fins which tends to be more of an issue for sidemount than backmount diving. Another is selection cylinder valves. Not major issues but ones that may benefit from being included in an "almost comprehensive guide." Lastly, some of the text describing issues/solutions may be further clarified by including additional pictures/illustrations.In summary, in this reviewer's opinion, this is the best book on sidemount diving currently available, well-written and informative, that fills a void left by more generic sidemount books and that serves as a reference point for "expert" opinion on the Internet.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Some good tips, but find a good sm intructor
  

*by S***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 6, 2016*

Neto is correct, it's almost comprehensive as a book. Of course, there is no way to learn sidemount from a book. This book merely offers information on configuration and some fundamentals of diving in sidemount. I found that for me, trial and error is the best way. I already have all the DIR techniques for backmount, am very comfortable in either singles or doubles, so the transition to sidemount was mainly about configuration. Once I figured out how everything should work (and why it works - which this book helped with) I just went out and spent about 1/2 hour messing around before I went underwater. Once I went underwater, I felt at home, and sidemount became quite natural for me. I believe in the UTD concept of keeping DIR the same for backmount and sidemount - long and short hoses, maybe a manifold for twins. I don't know if any of the information in this book helped me as I am already a dive instructor and as I said, quite proficient in DIR diving. However, Neto offers some nice tips worth thinking about and trying. And he always says that each diver is different and has to try different things. My feeling is that if you are not a competent DIR diver already, get instruction from a good instructor in DIR skills first (GUE, UTD, etc.) Sidemount is somewhat different, but very easy to pick up if you already have the DIR skills. If not, the skills are the key.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good description for owners of sidemount scuba gear on the essentials.
  

*by P***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2016*

Good description for owners of sidemount scuba gear on the essentials.  While reading this book, several questions were covered and discussed in technical detail.  And, this makes it a useful reading for scuba divers to become successful using this configuration.  I am reading a borrowed copy, and have on order to by personal copy, for reference.  This book puts readers ahead of the game, when it comes to diving with sidemounts. For example, the book covers equipment selection.  Difference harness choices, and applications of large versus small.  Weight significance between steel tanks and aluminum tanks, and when buoyancy plays a critical role when diving overhead environments.  The author also shares his experiences with rig set-up and some good tips on redundancy.  I found the book surprisingly easy to read and follow step by step.  There were a few points in the discussion over the top of my understanding, but that makes it all the more interesting.

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