That tip from an old saturation diver about keeping a spare reg in your bag saved my butt last week

Guy named Sully on a Gulf job told me to always carry a backup second stage in my dry bag, and I thought he was being paranoid. Had my primary freeflow at 90 feet off Louisiana and swapping over took maybe 10 seconds vs a full abort. Anyone else keep extra gear stashed?

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charles_chen9327d ago

Every time I forget a backup of something I end up needing it within the hour.

ericp6727d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah I used to have a totally different take on backups, I thought it was overkill and just a waste of time honestly. But then I lost a whole folder of photos from a road trip because I forgot to save them to the cloud before my phone died. Now I literally set a recurring alarm on my phone to remind myself every Sunday night to sync everything, drives my girlfriend crazy but I don't care. Your line about needing it within the hour is too real for me, I swear the universe knows when I skipped a backup and makes sure that file gets corrupted.