Sort of a spin off from another thread but what failures have you actually seen?
I actually saw my first serious gear failure the other weekend and it was a weird one.
I was doing a shallow water training dive off a tourist charter and a diver on the boat had her high pressure hose come off! After a torrent of bubbles and a quick air share and post shut down by the DM she was back on the boat no worse for wear all be it with a short dive.
Turns out the metal portion of the hose was corroded to the point that a simple tug to check pressure was enough to rip the hose off. Of course the corrosion was hidden by a stress reliever
I actually saw my first serious gear failure the other weekend and it was a weird one.
I was doing a shallow water training dive off a tourist charter and a diver on the boat had her high pressure hose come off! After a torrent of bubbles and a quick air share and post shut down by the DM she was back on the boat no worse for wear all be it with a short dive.
Turns out the metal portion of the hose was corroded to the point that a simple tug to check pressure was enough to rip the hose off. Of course the corrosion was hidden by a stress reliever