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I would never buy a wing that has a pull dump and I think it's one of the stupider ideas the dive gear industry has come up with.
Too funny. I was training dive buddies for disabled divers and one of the things you do is to bind your legs together and then give yourself a perma-hug through the dive as you imitate a quadriplegic diver. The trainee and I were floating nicely on the surface and she let out my air first... and she let out way too much. Thwoop, I head to the bottom and she's holding onto my pull dump. Yeah, she finally let go. A minute of two later she finally got me off the bottom... sort of. The dive went downhill from there, but reading your account reminded me of fun times.My friend dove after her and the first thing he was able to grab was her inflator hose.