I have an SMB and spool in my pocket all the time along with a few other things but they stay in there so they are with me on every dive. For dives that there is not an obvious reason i still carry one and practice using it.
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You're missng a fair number of reasonable/obvious answers in your poll, and have several ridiculously leading/accusatory ones, so I'm not sure what you're actually looking to demonstrate with your poll results. ...//...
RJP, with all due respect, you have a NE Atlantic bias. (Don't we all???) Ease up on mselanaous. I'm thinking about diving your boat again. (Grudges die hard on the Atlantic.) You won't catch me dead on the OS2, but I'm coming around on the GB...
What would it take for boats to offer SMBs to each diver?
- Bill
RJP, with all due respect, you have a NE Atlantic bias. (Don't we all???) Ease up on mselanaous. I'm thinking about diving your boat again. (Grudges die hard on the Atlantic.) You won't catch me dead on the OS2, but I'm coming around on the GB...
as a trimix driver, I take 2.Have no choice.
French Law requires one, so I take one.
Carry it, one per person! and can use it -- on the surface.
What would it take for boats to offer SMBs to each diver? I was on a recent dive where divers got stranded by the boat. Recovered OK, but they forgot their sausage that day.
- Bill