Equipment Some excitement on Sunday morning

[Marie13]

I don’t dive in low viz without a light. I always use my light, anyways. I always tell rec buddies to bring a light. If they don’t have one, I’ll loan one. They are always pleasantly surprised how useful a light is for keeping track of your buddy in low viz.

 

[Marie13]

I've never found a light to be useful in low visibility, if anything it makes the situation worse by causing reflections off the haze, no different than using high beams in a fog.

If you're referring to using the light to make it easier for your buddy to see you that's something else. But I wouldn't dive in extremely low visibility conditions with a buddy that are so poor you won't see them unless you catch a glimpse of their dive light. Odds are high that there will be a separation and if both are not self reliant, so equipped, and comfortable diving alone, and find themselves in poor vis which can make orientation difficult, that's a big problem.

Light to help you see each other. Midwestern quarries and inland lakes are often low viz, so you adapt.

 

[Marie13]

Seems like a reasonable adaptation would be to solo dive in such conditions so you don't spend most of the dive watching for your buddy's dive light.

Site I frequent doesn’t allow solo.

 

[dmaziuk]

An Apeks Egress will deliver air in any orientation. Any second stage will need to be cleared if has been flooded before breathing unless you want a slug of water shot into your mouth.

You gotta wonder who in their right mind would buy a reg that only works in one orientation, or worse: rent one out to an unsuspecting customer. "Octo not giving air" indeed.

 

[Nemrod]

You gotta wonder who in their right mind would buy a reg that only works in one orientation, or worse: rent one out to an unsuspecting customer. "Octo not giving air" indeed.

Or manufacture such a thing. I am sufficiently familiar with the regulator in question to know that this story is missing some details. It will work in any orientation unless it is not functional at all.

 

[Nick_Radov]

Seems like a reasonable adaptation would be to solo dive in such conditions so you don't spend most of the dive watching for your buddy's dive light.

In team diving this is why we designate a leader (which could change during various phases of the dive) and the the other divers occasionally shine their lights where the leader can see it. That doesn't mean shining the light into your teammate's eyes, just somewhere in their field of view, so it's very easy and takes no extra time. On a scooter run when I'm following another diver I'll occasionally shine my light on their scooter nose which is impossible to miss.

Here's a little trick. If you're diving with a new buddy of unknown skill level then lag behind them a bit and cover your light head with your hand. Wait to see long long it takes them to notice that your light disappeared.

 

[stretchthepenn]

Or manufacture such a thing. I am sufficiently familiar with the regulator in question to know that this story is missing some details. It will work in any orientation unless it is not functional at all.

No, you got all the details. Basically, the reg needed to be purged.