Glaucus
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I've been solo diving now for a while now and generally use my steel 72 with an AL30 pony as my redundant supply. Currently I have a primary and back-up reg off my 72 and one reg off my 30. While I do dive with other people using the same 72/30 setup, I wonder if I can lose my octopus regulator leaving only one reg from each tank?
My thought is that while solo diving if my primary craps out, I switch to pony and abort the dive. If I'm with a buddy who needs air (God forbid I find myself in that situation), he gets my primary reg (on a long hose), I get the reg off my pony and we abort the dive. This, of course, assumes I'm within no-deco limits. Either way, dive is aborted but I now have less equipment to deal with while still maintaining adequate redundancy.
My thought is that while solo diving if my primary craps out, I switch to pony and abort the dive. If I'm with a buddy who needs air (God forbid I find myself in that situation), he gets my primary reg (on a long hose), I get the reg off my pony and we abort the dive. This, of course, assumes I'm within no-deco limits. Either way, dive is aborted but I now have less equipment to deal with while still maintaining adequate redundancy.