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Gary, > THEREFORE I HAVE TRIED BOTH WAYS!!! I used to bungee my long hose on the tanks. BFD. I tried both ways too. Hell, I used to dive without an octopus way back in the old days. Once again, BFD. > The problem with giving the regulator out of my mouth to the diver out of air > is that now (even for a short moment) I'm also out of air, as I pass > my working regulator (the one I had in my mouth) to the diver who is > having the gas problem. Should my secondary regulator not work > (for some unknown reason). I have given my working regulator to the > other diver, he has the regulator, I got the gas supply! this is not a good > situation. Now you got two divers stressed out! and a serious fight underwater. Excuse me. When the stressed out, out of air diver grabs the regulator you are breathing because it's the one he's fixated on, then guess what - You're both still out of air. Sorry bud, that's a fact. > If I give my long hose backup regulator to the other diver and It doesn't > work for some unknown reason. Well! He was out of air anyways, he is the > one with the high stress. I am still in controll, I will now do other safety > means to help the diver who is out of air. Now guess what. If your backup regulator doesn't work, that stressed out diver is going to come after the one you're breathing and you're both going to be out of air again. You can bet on him going after the one you're breathing at that point because it works, and he's out of air, and without air he's dead, and he knows it and is stressed out. Why not just give him the working regulator and immediatly solve his problem then worry about any other problem? It makes no sense to me how people who seem to be logical minded refuse to do the thing that makes the most sense? Just tell me one thing, if you can answer this question then I will slap bungees on my tanks right away. WHY IS BUNGEEING THE LONG HOSE AND BREATHING THE SHORT HOSE SAFER THEN BREATHING THE LONG HOSE ALL THE TIME? If one person can give me a logical answer to this question then I will sell all of my gear for peanuts and give them first dibs on my 104's. Oh yeah, and "because two divers will be out of air at once" doesn't cut it. If you can't hold your breath for 2 seconds underwater while switching regs then you shouldn't be diving anyway. Ken -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ken Sallot "Mock me if you like but don't mock the gods!" CIRCA - Joe Nightengale kens@uf*.ed* (352) 392-2007 http://grove.ufl.edu/~ken -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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