jadairiii
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It required me to buddy breathe from a DM who was only coincidentally close by. My buddy was too far away to help in the current..
Reading this I am assuming this was not the result of a catastrophic gear failure. Therefore, it was possibly just poor dive planning on your part. Good news is, if that is the case, they are all very easy fixes.
Break the dive down to what actually went wrong:
1. Failure to monitor gas
2. Failure to monitor buddy
3. Failure to monitor environment
And just maybe some reluctance to "pull the thumb" on the dive. But one thing I would not do, do not feel that adding equipment will "fix" the problem. Pony bottles do not make you any more diligent or smarter, nor do AI computers or any other gear. Getting a good intuitive idea of your SAC rate is key, number one, in solving this issue. Also grasping how much gas you really need to get you and your buddy safely to the surface. Getting back to shore or the boat with 500psi is NOT good dive management.
Just based on what you wrote, your max dive time for that dive was likely about 10 min or less (conditions and SAC).