Remember that your integrated air2 is going to be on a very, very short hose. You won't be able to look to your right very well. Very awkward if you're in an air share situ, in my opinion.
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Why would your setup cause any issue. Before you drop make sure you cover gear with your buddy. Go over hand signals, the dive plan and emergency air situations (take my primary out of my mouth and I'll be fine). The buddy can thumb a dive at any time, why would you thumb a dive because you can't effectively brief your own setup? I dive this weekend with 2 different buddies. 1 I dive with last month and the other is a new buddy to me. It's an easy part of the pre-dive check. "I use primary donate. If you need my air take the one I'm breathing on, I'll grab my air2 and turn the charged pony on. We're going up at that time to our stop(s) and heading to shore or the boat." If they can't comprehend how to use that setup for a 1 in 1000 scenario after a clear briefing then they probably shouldn't be diving.I use the Airsource 3 on my Rogue BCD. I've logged 95% of my 00s of dives exclusively with the same person, and she knows my set up. She has logged 00s more dives than I have, and her reg setup is different than mine and I know it well also. We're both PADI Rescue certified, and we've had to use that training. We've been with each other at depths not seen on modern PADI tables, we've been together when a hose blew (hers) and *both* our computers failed. We have full - and earned - mutual trust underwater.
If I had a new dive buddy besides her assigned to me on a trip for any reason I would walk into the dive shop and rent a standard reg setup with an bright yellow octo or I would not dive w my "new buddy".
Diving w an Airsource type inflator is something that your buddy gets a vote (veto) on because their life depends on your sh!t being squared away, and vice versa. I'm not going to have my weird setup cost a stranger their life, or have them panic because of my setup and cost me mine.
Get a longer corrugated hose and replace your pull dump line (if you have one) with one to match your now longer inflation hose.Remember that your integrated air2 is going to be on a very, very short hose. You won't be able to look to your right very well. Very awkward if you're in an air share situ, in my opinion.
OKI want to run a primary donate with safe secondary / integrated inflator system
Forget the term "octo". You have two regs that have to be equally good.1. Is there any reason not to go with the octo on the longer hose as my primary reg?
You are neutrally buoyant while you dive. Commencing ascent is only a matter of a few kicks. No BCD is needed, ever. Once you swim towards the surface, air in your BCD and/or drysuit will expand and it will add to your buoyancy.2. If I go to a redundant air source, would I hook the safe secondary to that and use it to fill my BCD? I realize that is using bailout air for buoyancy, but so long as it gets filled before each dive, it doesn't seem like the volume involved would significantly deplete the tank.
Then what's the point of the inflator octo? Now you've got two hoses floppin' around.Get a longer corrugated hose and replace your pull dump line (if you have one) with one to match your now longer inflation hose.
I'll measure mine when I get home. Add 2 inches and it makes a world of difference compared to stock length. The inflator hose is hanging out regardless unless you've bungeed it to your rig.Then what's the point of the inflator octo? Now you've got two hoses floppin' around.
I tried one. I got a longer corrugated hose. It flopped.