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Glad the thread was revived. When we did it ('09) it was not part of the point total, just pass/fail. But I'll boast that I'm sure we'd have gotten a 5. One thing I forgot to mention back then was about buddy breathing. We didn't buddy breathe the "official way"ei. take 2 breaths then pass it over. Of course you can't hold on to each other either, which is part of buddy breathing. Maybe that's why they call it "breathing from a single 2nd stage". We just let the other guy do as much as he could while we had no reg in mouth. Then the other guy as much as he could with reg in mouth--or maybe it was the other way around??? As TS&M said way back, if you switch masks first, there is no reason it shouldn't go very smoothly (or even if you don't switch masks first--the mask switching is the only time you can't see exactly what you're doing). With masks on you can easily see when your buddy is ready for more air. There really isn't much stress at all. Of course as I mentioned back then, you should start with each other's gear on and have a plan as to the order you're going to switch things.