Scuba Diving Alternate Air Sources

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A Guide to Scuba Diving Alternate Air Sources

The Alternate Air Source is your backup second stage regulator. It works just the same as the primary second stage regulator and can be used in the unlikely event that your primary fails or your dive buddy needs to share air. It is usually a bright color such as fluorescent yellow or pink and is normally secured somewhere within the triangle between the chin and the bottom of the rib cages, normally on the right side.

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The Alternatives #1: hybrid DV inflation valve 

In common scuba diving terminology, an alternative air source, also called a buoyancy compensator or a hybrid DV inflation valve, is a typical diving equipment that is generally worn by divers to provide emergency air source and buoyancy underwater or on the surface. For today's professional scuba divers, the most common type of alternative air source is the buoyancy compensator inflation valve, which has the ability to adjust and control a diver's overall buoyancy. Some types of this buoyancy compensator alternative air source are designed along with a scuba set or are included in a set's harness.

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Oceanic Alpha 8 Octopus

Oceanic Alpha 8 Octopus

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Oceanic Air XS Integrated Octopus

Oceanic Air XS Integrated Octopus

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Mares Rebel Octopus | Scuba Regulator Octopus

Mares Rebel Octopus | Scuba Regulator Octopus

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Octopus Regulator

Octopus Regulator

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EAGLE OCTOPUS

EAGLE OCTOPUS

Exceptional light weight, very compact size and ex more...0 points

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Alternative air source on Amazon 

Mares Prestige Scuba Octopus-AS-ONE

Amazon Price: $94.95 (as of 12/16/2009) Buy Now

Mares Regulator | Mares Rebel Octopus Scuba Regulator

Amazon Price: $112.94 (as of 12/16/2009) Buy Now

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Spare Air 

Spare Air, a product of Submersible Systems, solves this problem with their mini hoseless self-rescue system. It's been saving lives since 1979 and more than 200,000 of the miniature breathing systems are used worldwideby recreational divers, as well as for military and commercial uses.

Spare Air is available in the standard size of 3.0 cubic feet in both regular air and Nitrox, as well as a smaller 1.7 cubic-foot version for instructors. Submersible Systems recently introduced a Spare Air package, which includes the Spare Air unit in neon yellow, a covered holster to attach to a diver's BC, a safety leash to prevent loss, and a new and easy-to-use refill adapter. All these items purchased separately would have cost $350, but the package price is just $299.

The Spare Air website features the entire Spare Air product line, as well as 21 Ways that Divers Run Out of Air' and 'Why Sharing Air is Not the Solution.'

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I am a scuba diving instructor living in Fiji. I have been teaching scuba since 1992 in the Caribbean and since 1996 in Fiji (yes been living here for... (more)

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