There was a guy who shocked me with a revolutionary theory.
He said he used to be an instructor and before every dive he checked the BCD hose of the divers in his group. Hoses tend to be a very fragile part of the gear, regulators are often left on the ground, or on carts, and people step over the hoses, put tanks on them, store them in improper ways, etc. etc. many bad things happen to the hose which is intrinsecally fragile since it's not made of metal or delrin plastic. Even worse if someone has a hose protector. Hose protectors protect the hoses and that's good, but they also cover the hoses, so if one doesn't remove them and check before the dive it might happen that the hose is damaged and it explodes during the dive. He said this is one the worst possible incidents that he ever saw. The tank gets empty very fast and, even worse, the sound of the airflow and all the bubbles drive the diver nuts and they go panic even though the situation itself could be solved in a buddy system...
And the moral of the story is: hose checking for him should be always part of the standard checks together with the weightbelt, proper functioning of the primary and emergency regulator and inflation hose, etc. etc.
So the standard check in PADI (for example) would be:
BWRAF Begin With Review And Friend
Step 1: B-BCD
Step 2: W-Weights
Step 3: R-Releases
Step 4: A-Air
Step 5: F-Final
Your Reminder on How To Do The Pre-Dive Safety Check | Video | RUSHKULT
Are there any other secret checks omitted in this checklist everybody has read hundreds of times?
Thanks
He said he used to be an instructor and before every dive he checked the BCD hose of the divers in his group. Hoses tend to be a very fragile part of the gear, regulators are often left on the ground, or on carts, and people step over the hoses, put tanks on them, store them in improper ways, etc. etc. many bad things happen to the hose which is intrinsecally fragile since it's not made of metal or delrin plastic. Even worse if someone has a hose protector. Hose protectors protect the hoses and that's good, but they also cover the hoses, so if one doesn't remove them and check before the dive it might happen that the hose is damaged and it explodes during the dive. He said this is one the worst possible incidents that he ever saw. The tank gets empty very fast and, even worse, the sound of the airflow and all the bubbles drive the diver nuts and they go panic even though the situation itself could be solved in a buddy system...
And the moral of the story is: hose checking for him should be always part of the standard checks together with the weightbelt, proper functioning of the primary and emergency regulator and inflation hose, etc. etc.
So the standard check in PADI (for example) would be:
BWRAF Begin With Review And Friend
Step 1: B-BCD
Step 2: W-Weights
Step 3: R-Releases
Step 4: A-Air
Step 5: F-Final
Your Reminder on How To Do The Pre-Dive Safety Check | Video | RUSHKULT
Are there any other secret checks omitted in this checklist everybody has read hundreds of times?
Thanks