Genesis once bubbled...
Obviously not.
First, the inflate button is QUITE hard to press. So is the DEFLATE button. I don't think its possible to add air to the BC without COMPRESSING THE DEVICE BETWEEN THE FINGERS - that is, a "stab" or "flail" at the button will do NOTHING.
Second, in an OOA you give the OOA diver YOUR WORKING PRIMARY. YOU have the Air2 in your mouth. Now those controls are right there are your face, with no backing. IF he flails, he might knock it out of your mouth, but that risk is no higher than it is for someone with any other octo, and in fact is probably lower, since the Air2 is smaller than most regs.
I own one Dan. I use it. The "flailing diver" argument is horsefeathers. In fact, in an OOA emergency, the "flailing diver" is MORE likely to cause unintended inflation or deflation with a TRADTIONAL power inflator, since its hanging loose AND is against your body, meaning that he has LEVERAGE to press the buttons! This is NOT true for an Air2 in your mouth - if he hits it hard enough he might dislodge it, but the odds of releasing or adding air are infintestimal.
You say it adds risk.
I say "compared to what?"
Compared to a traditional Octo, I think it DECREASES risk. I believe this because:
1. The inflator is HARD to accidentially activate, unlike many traditional inflators.
2. You KNOW the thing has gas flowing to it, because you use it all the time.
3. You KNOW where it is, at all times. It cannot be flopping around; its on the end of your inflator hose. As such it will not be full of sand or mud when you need it, as a flailing Octo can be.
4. It clears more easily than any traditional regulator. Amazingly so, in fact.
5. The OOA diver gets your WORKING regulator, just as you like with the necklace. This is NOT true for a traditional Octo, where the OOA diver gets an unknown piece of hardware that may or may not work when it needs to, and is detuned besides.
These are REAL advantages, not "possible scenarios". I believe that real advantages trump "possible" failure modes.
