DevonDiver
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That is an interesting twist. Isn't a 'thinking diver' supposed to consider (or mull over, or theorize, etc.) scenarios as part of mental prep to dive?
While I strongly believe in "Learn from other's mistakes; you don't have time to make them all yourself", I also don't know what I don't know, and a fully redundant backup is a good safety. However, there are far too many people happy with the way they carry it to say that any one way is 'better', just that the way it is carried is suitable for the diver concerned.
Just because the majority 'like' it, does it make it best? Quite often, it is the opposite.
Don't get me wrong...I am not arguing this either way. I just champion that people have really debated the pros and cons to any particular configuration....and have based a decision on evidence, rather than hypothesis and speculation.
I started out diving with a cylinder-mounted pony. I only really needed it once. With hindsight, I think I would have prefered to have had it slung during that emergency.
I also know of a diver who died (Plymouth, UK) because of incorrect use of a pony. I am pretty certain that he wouldn't have died if he had used a slung cylinder.