I did the confined water part of my OW cert class this past weekend. All the BCs provided had the cheap little rubbery octo keeper that is clipped to the BC and has a rubber ring that you insert the mouthpiece through, so the rubber band is holding the octo between the mouthpiece and the main body of the reg.
Looking at them, I had been wondering if it would ever happen that the mouthpiece would pull off from the reg, instead of pulling through the keeper ring.
Then, sure enough, my friend and his wife were doing the OOA drill and she pulled her octo loose to hand him. He went to put it in his mouth and it had no mouthpiece. The octo keeper had pulled it off the reg.
Was that a total fluke? Or is that a reason to not use that type of octo keeper? If you don't use that type, and you aren't using a necklace, then what do you use?
Looking at them, I had been wondering if it would ever happen that the mouthpiece would pull off from the reg, instead of pulling through the keeper ring.
Then, sure enough, my friend and his wife were doing the OOA drill and she pulled her octo loose to hand him. He went to put it in his mouth and it had no mouthpiece. The octo keeper had pulled it off the reg.
Was that a total fluke? Or is that a reason to not use that type of octo keeper? If you don't use that type, and you aren't using a necklace, then what do you use?