Spare Air...actually useful?

[Codyjp]

totally believable. I bought 2 (you know, one for each dive of the day) and I plan to start solo diving tomorrow.

The fellas who put that video together must have been laughing the whole time. Too funny.

 

[vladimir]

James Bond used a 'spare air' device once.... which film was that?

He was in the swimming pool... with sharks.... and it was disguised as a small pen. He must have gotten 15 minutes of air out of it.....

and the proper Spare Air cylinders are MUCH bigger.....

Thunderball! Largo covered the shark pool on him, so he whipped out his spare air and swam out through the trap door that the sharks came in through.

 

[mikeguerrero]

Would that spare air unit have gotten him safely out without the ride of a scooter? I would like to see that guy fin kick and burn air that distance and have that same bottle get him out, would be impressive....

 

[AbyssalPlains]

Spare Airs get a bad rap for no reason. They provide perfectly adequate gas supply even for extended range, staged deco dives in the rinsetank (see pic).

 

[Thalassamania]

I was taught how to use a spare air to save my life, and it worked wonderfully ... in a helicopter crash simulator.

 

[Walter]

No matter how one feels about the merits of Spare-Air, that guy looked pretty happy to have one. BTW, so would anyone else who went OOA that had no safe access to a buddy or the surface.

It was silly. How many times did he scooter past the cameraman? How many times did he trade out spare airs? I think the numbers are pretty close to the same.

 

[Doc Intrepid]

It was silly. How many times did he scooter past the cameraman? How many times did he trade out spare airs? I think the numbers are pretty close to the same.

So young and yet so cynical....

 

[JahJahwarrior]

It was silly.

ding ding ding! We have a winner!

(Perhaps the video is meant to poke fun at Spare Air? Where is your sense of humour Scubaboard?!?)

 

[marchand]

It was silly. How many times did he scooter past the cameraman? How many times did he trade out spare airs? I think the numbers are pretty close to the same.

Actually, I only used the one spare air for the entire video. After about 7 breaths it was empty and I had to take a breath off my primary then spit it out and put the spare air in my mouth as I was scootering towards the camera...

 

[Walter]

Then why make such a video?