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>Is it safer to take a good working regulator out of your mouth underwater
>or to keep it in your mouth?

Well, the fundamental problem with that analysis is that YOU, the guy with
the working regulator in your mouth, may OR MAY NOT be the guy who makes
the decision about which regulator will be feeding the other diver.

As has been amply illustrated by a couple of "There I Was..." tales.

If YOU can make the decision, then obviously you would rather not take the
working regulator out of your mouth.  If SOMEONE ELSE is going to make that
decision, you would rather that whichever regulator he grabs has a long
hose on it.  AS HAS BEEN AMPLY DEMONSTRATED, he is probably going to go for
the visible, known working regulator that is currently clenched between
your teeth, and he probably isn't going to be patient while you say "Wait
while I had you my octopus"...

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