Because it’s so much easier to reach your valve...@OMANDIVER why is a bcd less complicated than a bpw?
also you don't always have the choice of quarter turn back, many times the dive masters mess with it right before you jump in....
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Because it’s so much easier to reach your valve...@OMANDIVER why is a bcd less complicated than a bpw?
also you don't always have the choice of quarter turn back, many times the dive masters mess with it right before you jump in....
I have no interest in turning my valve off underwater, but like I said earlier in this thread, there are situations where it could save my life if I were to make mistakes pre-dive.
Yeah...thats just a bunch of BS....see post #39 Z
And for those who believe that it is a life saving technique when splashes and find that their valve is closed, perhaps those who have died did so because they were trying to figure out their valve, this scenario does not happen at 30 meters it happens close to the surface, perhaps they would have been better served by dropping their weights and swimming up?
If they have no compressed air in their lungs their is no danger of DCS/embolism.
I can see this as a necessary skill for a solo diver, but solo divers are not the majority.
Advocating that being able to reach and manipulate one's valve as a single tank recreational diver, diving in buddy teams, just seems like a fix for a problem that does not exist and already has a solution for it. There just does not seem to be a good reason for a diver to be holding their breath while sinking further away from the surface while trying to figure out IF it is their valve that is the problem....go up or go to your buddy and use their alternate air source.....anything else just smacks of a bit of a rediculous notion.
Because it’s so much easier to reach your valve...
And it allows us to develop a foundation for the diver to progress into technical diving where opening and closing the valves is a standard exercise.
You state this as if technical diving is the normal progression, it is not...while it has become increasingly popular over the past few years it is still at the niche end of the diving spectrum. There is no reason that anyone needs to develop competencies that are mainstays among tech divers before they decide to embark down that path.....there is no reason why they shouldn't either.
You and others are putting an emphasis on something as if it is a super important skill that all divers should be expected to know and execute, what I am saying is that while it is good to know it really is not as important as you make it out to be. There are other skills that deserve more attention especially when this is just one available option when one finds they have a non-functional air source immediately after entering the water.
@Zef tell that to the people that have died because they couldn't do that... It's not a difficult skill, but it is largely equipment dependent on whether you can actually reach the valve or not