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| Originally Posted by tom What is the likelihood of needing instant inflation though? Serious question. |
generally gas heavy at the start of a dive
you hadn't planned a seabed dive but maybe 10-15m above on "deck level", maybe 60 instead of 75m
burst bladder (which you were using for buoyancy)
your now seriously negative
I used to keep mine permanently connected (for well over 100 dives), was told of the risks and disconnected it. Then I needed to use it on a training exercise and realised how slow I was and what trouble I could be in if it was a serious dive. In hindsight you need to practice the connection/disconnection regularly, but I now dive with it connected again
I believe Mark Chase posted not all that long ago about an inline switchblock you could integrate between the inflater hose/inflater, meaning it could be permanently connected but "switched off"