Spare Mask
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MNScuba
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but it's not a bad idea.
This brings up an interesting topic:
Is there a limit on redundancy? What is acceptable and what is overboard?
Is there such a thing as going overboard?
Spare bcd, valve, regulator?
I am new, so my only spare items are shears, knife, moutpiece, mask strap and fin strap.
I plan to add a light and computer battery when mine gets to about 1/3 power.
This brings up an interesting topic:
Is there a limit on redundancy? What is acceptable and what is overboard?
Is there such a thing as going overboard?
Spare bcd, valve, regulator?
I am new, so my only spare items are shears, knife, moutpiece, mask strap and fin strap.
I plan to add a light and computer battery when mine gets to about 1/3 power.
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In divebag on the boat/shore along with spare reg with guages and a goody bag of incidentals. Not in the water. In the water I carry enough backup to get to the surface safely and get ready for the next recreational dive.
Scubaroo
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A spare mask is more of a consideration when you're 3 miles from daylight in a cave, than it is 60 feet on a reef. A spare mask strap in the save-a-dive kit is plenty enough redundancy for most people's needs. Spare masks should be carried when losing a mask could be life threatening, not an inconvenience. Losing a mask in a cave or wreck penetration could be life threatening - losing a mask or breaking a strap during a shore entry, that's just inconvenient.
I actually have a spare mask, but would never carry it - it's just my old one I leave in my divebag because I recently bought a Cressi Big Eyes mask, and I figured that keeping the old mask as a spare would be more convenient than having to buy a new spare strap for the new mask. If you only have the one mask already, and you're not doing penetration dives, a spare strap should be enough for your needs.
I actually have a spare mask, but would never carry it - it's just my old one I leave in my divebag because I recently bought a Cressi Big Eyes mask, and I figured that keeping the old mask as a spare would be more convenient than having to buy a new spare strap for the new mask. If you only have the one mask already, and you're not doing penetration dives, a spare strap should be enough for your needs.
Left pocket... always there... don't need to remember to take it...
If I lose a mask I know were to get another.
Can't read my SPG without it... Can't read my depth gauge without it... Can't watch the little floaties in the water and control my ascent rate without it... Can't see without it.
If I lose a mask I know were to get another.
Can't read my SPG without it... Can't read my depth gauge without it... Can't watch the little floaties in the water and control my ascent rate without it... Can't see without it.
MNScuba
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Don't you guys dive with a buddy?
(Uh oh, the poop's gonna hit the fan now!)
(Uh oh, the poop's gonna hit the fan now!)
I carry one (most of the time).
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