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| Originally Posted by And Unless of course, you are carrying two stages, a scooter and a video camera.  I tend to prefer one smb between us, and even if the skipper asks for an smb each then we still have one reel, but the buddy(s) clips his smb to the main one. If you have to switch gas whilst handling an smb its a pain, especially with a video camera as well, so we hand the spool around to make it easier and free our hands up. |
That's why I prefer the type of reel that has a closed handle. It means my fingers poke through the loop and keep it trapped while the hand is involved in stowing one reg and deploying the another. Reels/spools that you have to deliberately hold onto all the time are a pain.