Addicted2H2O
Contributor
@Zef I get what you're saying about reaching for the octo until you find your primary. But how many divers do you see that more often than not don't even have the octo secured and just have it dangling? Thus the necessity of having to do a reach/sweep recovery anyway.
I had to do a reg switch last week in Cozumel. The omniswivel on my ffm suffered an o-ring failure in the middle of a dive so I had to bail out of it and switch to a regular mask and reg, thus requiring my octo, at least for a few minutes. Obviously I keep mine properly stowed so it wasn't too hard to find. But I did have to find my primary hose again after disconnecting it from my ffm (before switch to my octo) so I could attach a primary 2nd stage to it again. So IMO better to just teach the skill and the student not need it. Never know what can happen.
I had to do a reg switch last week in Cozumel. The omniswivel on my ffm suffered an o-ring failure in the middle of a dive so I had to bail out of it and switch to a regular mask and reg, thus requiring my octo, at least for a few minutes. Obviously I keep mine properly stowed so it wasn't too hard to find. But I did have to find my primary hose again after disconnecting it from my ffm (before switch to my octo) so I could attach a primary 2nd stage to it again. So IMO better to just teach the skill and the student not need it. Never know what can happen.