Snatching the primary... a real world poll

[lynny_lynny]

I took the primary, but not in panic. It was back when an octopus was not the norm, and the rentals in Belize back then did not have alternate air, so it was a true buddy breathing event. Once I stated to my buddy that I was out of air <equipment malfunction> I motioned to him, and he offered his air. As trained, we did a calm, shared ascent and it was a non-event.

 

[piikki]

Basically, I guess my incident was heading towards a double-OOG. I had an O-ring blow-up from the first stage but we were at the time practicing OOG with my longhose, so buddy was on my primary, and I had my necklaced reg. After a slight confusion we both knew we were risking sucking on empty tank soon. Simultaneously, I grabbed bud&#8217;s primary (she did not have longhose then) and shoved it (back) into her mouth, while she grabbed her octo and offered it into me.

So how do I vote?

 

[dmdoss]

they went for the octo.

 

[Prostar]

Twice. Once for my son and once for my wife. Both times turned out to learning moments for both of them.

For my son, we had just surface kicked across the quarry and started the descent. Just as we touched the top of the bus at 15 ft, Greg signaled OA. I looked at like "Say what?" and handed him my primary as it was the easiest quick way to handle it. Once on the surface we figured that he had assembled his gear at the dock, shut it down and set it aside for an hour before we hit the water. Forgot to turn it back on.

In the case of my wife, we had just descended in the same quarry and reached about 20 ft when her reg gave up. I gave her my primary. After we surfaced we figured out what her problem was. And here is a tip to watch out for... As my wife is a nurse, she is used to only having to crack the valve open on an O2 bottle to get what she needs. Nowadays, I ask every class if anyone works in the medical field to make sure they are not in that same habit.