Failures in diving!!!

[gqllc]

This issue of failure point of "plastic" is all academic.
1)failure's in scuba are real and do occur
2)the diver hopefully helps "minimize" potential failures
3)air in tank is bad
4)neck o-ring fails
5)first stage then second stage fails
6)BC lift fails
7)BC "plastic" fails
8)eaten by shark
9)boat sinks
10)mask,fins,drysuit fails
11)diver panics
12)etc...........
13) the list could go on all night long.....but we all still love to dive and we all like to dive differently! Do what's right for you!

 

[FFMDiver]

I had a diver explain an interesting analogy to me yesterday.
After I explained a positive feature of full face masks were that panicked divers generally tend to spit out their regs and that a FFM will help - he said this concept is like duct-taping your mouth shut to aviod a drinking & driving accident. Rather humurous, but I do wonder if he has a point...

 

[pipedope]

but is not for someone prone to panic in the water.

When was the last time you heard of a commercial diver dieing in an oxtox incident?
Doesn't happen much because the FFM or helmet keeps the toxed diver from drowning while his dive supervisor sends the standbay diver down to rescue him (her).

For normal sport diving I would not choose a FFM.
For working dives, surface supplied with a need for communications it is a good choice unless you need the added protection of a helmet.

Equipment failures are a part of diving. We can choose to minimize the likelyhood of failures, have backups for things that can fail and then train to handle the failures that do occur.

S**T happens, dive the s**t.