Boogie711:Which is exactly the point Pug is making - by never touching the thing, you're just fooling yourself. You've got a security blanket that, when needed, you haven't practiced deploying, you don't know if it's working, etc. etc. etc.
My vote goes for situational awareness and diving as a team.
Do you want to split hairs or what! Of course any reasonable person would practice with their equipment. What I obviously meant was that if I dive safe and smart there would never be a reason to use the darn thing. Listen
guys, if you are gonna nitpick and twist every word... I can get that at home.
Peter