I have a question and I apologize if I am crossing this invisible boundary. Why is switch to octo in question in this situation?
Octo is there for buddy sharing and a backup for your primary rig so why would one not switch to an octo? I always thought that entire purpose of buddy sharing was when you have a critical failure with your own system. In my case, for example I actually had to buddy breathe when I blew 0 ring on 1 tank and then on another tank when I swapped to it last year. But if I casually swim about my business and my primary goes bananas... my hand would reach for octo, breathe off it, figure out what is wrong with primary, check how much air I am losing and if I am comfortable with rate of loss then proceed with my dive. Am I on the fringe here? I mean I do dive with a pony bottle so how would breathing off octo be any different?
Octo is there for buddy sharing and a backup for your primary rig so why would one not switch to an octo? I always thought that entire purpose of buddy sharing was when you have a critical failure with your own system. In my case, for example I actually had to buddy breathe when I blew 0 ring on 1 tank and then on another tank when I swapped to it last year. But if I casually swim about my business and my primary goes bananas... my hand would reach for octo, breathe off it, figure out what is wrong with primary, check how much air I am losing and if I am comfortable with rate of loss then proceed with my dive. Am I on the fringe here? I mean I do dive with a pony bottle so how would breathing off octo be any different?