Burke
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So why am I scuba diving with a spare air?
Ok, first off let me say this forum is great, I found it about a week ago and just from reading back posts I have already learned more then I learned getting my ow certification.
Now for my question, when I got certified my instructor/lds owner convinced me and my dad and little brother that it was alot safer to have a Spare Air then an octopus, this made good sense at the time. So now I find myself diving with a 3.0 cu ft spare air(he sold my brother and dad 1.7 cu ft units) and I have felt perfectly safe.
Fast forward a year and I start doing alot of research into what other types of gear are out there and I decide that some day I am going to get myself a B/P and wing setup, as soon as I get out of school I guess. But I am not too worried about it because, while not perfect, my gear is fine. I may not be Doing It Right, but atleast I am not Doing It Horribly Wrong, and then I read how unsafe my spare air is, well that sucks because I can't afford a new reg(plan to get a 5 ft main hose and a necklace attached backup someday). I really work on not being a stroke but there is no way I am as safe as I should be(I am almost for sure doing stuff that a don't even know I shouldn't be doing) again, I am someday going to get more advanced training but can't afford it right now, so, do I dive my spare air carefully, not trusting it to be able to help me, or do I stop diving all together until I can get some better gear??
If anyone has managed to stay with me for this long I sincerely thank you and really appreciate any input you could give.
Ok, first off let me say this forum is great, I found it about a week ago and just from reading back posts I have already learned more then I learned getting my ow certification.
Now for my question, when I got certified my instructor/lds owner convinced me and my dad and little brother that it was alot safer to have a Spare Air then an octopus, this made good sense at the time. So now I find myself diving with a 3.0 cu ft spare air(he sold my brother and dad 1.7 cu ft units) and I have felt perfectly safe.
Fast forward a year and I start doing alot of research into what other types of gear are out there and I decide that some day I am going to get myself a B/P and wing setup, as soon as I get out of school I guess. But I am not too worried about it because, while not perfect, my gear is fine. I may not be Doing It Right, but atleast I am not Doing It Horribly Wrong, and then I read how unsafe my spare air is, well that sucks because I can't afford a new reg(plan to get a 5 ft main hose and a necklace attached backup someday). I really work on not being a stroke but there is no way I am as safe as I should be(I am almost for sure doing stuff that a don't even know I shouldn't be doing) again, I am someday going to get more advanced training but can't afford it right now, so, do I dive my spare air carefully, not trusting it to be able to help me, or do I stop diving all together until I can get some better gear??
If anyone has managed to stay with me for this long I sincerely thank you and really appreciate any input you could give.