What People are Saying about Spare Air
Over the years, we have collected a few quotes from individuals who have experienced the power of self-rescue, or have come to learn the meaning and value of self reliance. We hope that by publishing these comments, you might gain a better understanding and possibly take action to save your own life, or someone else's, in an out-of-air emergency.
| "My job takes me globally several times a year. Good news I get to dive in some of the best water on earth. Bad news, I generally meet my "dive buddy" minutes before the dive, and we may not have a verbal language in common. I have had cases where the last time I saw my buddy for the dive was when he rolled off the boat. Spare Air as a dive buddy was made for me." Willy H., Grapevine TX |
| "As a rescue diver, I find that this is a great little rescue tank to have when diving with other people." - Gary L. H. (Texas) |
| "I purchased it to feel more secure. It has solved my concern of having not having my buddy around in case of an out of air situation." - Jason Q. (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) |
| "...it seemed worth the money to have a product that can save your life. I wanted to make sure that when I dive, and the worst possible scenario unfolded, I wouldn't be wishing I had a little more air." - Tom M. (California)\ |
| "...a spare air would be nice for travel." - Don M. (California) |
| "...for a gift [my father] had purchased a Spare Air for me. I thought at first it was a gimmick and it was just extra stuff that needed to be attached to my BC, but after reading articles on diving accidents, a large number were due to out of air/regulator failure situations, so I thought it was a good purchase. My dive buddies also liked the idea that I had one in case they had an air situation. - Jeremy B. (California) |
| "Divers typically carry redundant systems and understand the need, I dive with two computers and carry two knives, on night dives I have two lights, but most divers carry an octopus which is redundant but has single point failure mode (first stage). I believe in the separate air system and will now carry my Spare Air on all my future dives." - Anonymous |
| "I dove Catalina 6-7 years ago and, due to a current, found myself very low on air as I headed back to the boat, and eventually had to start coming up to the surface, bypassing my safety stop, and hit the surface with about 200 psi left. I almost panicked, coming up, thinking I might run out of air. That's when I decided to sign up for Rescue certification (which I successfully completed) and to purchase a Spare Air, so I would know that I could at least make it to the surface if I should ever be in that unfortunate situation again." - Anonymous |
| "Fantastic way to insure Air is available in case of equipment failure." Richard U. (Texas) |
| "I am a very cautious person and it just seemed safer to carry a spare air. Backups, backups, backups!" - Abigail B. (Missouri) |
| "As a young diver sometimes safety and caution take a backseat to fun and adventure. As I have grown older, and hopefully wiser, safety concerns are very important. I would not want to have an out of air accident take me away from diving or my family." - Jason U. (Tennessee) |
| "I ran out of air Once and didn't care to do it again!" - Joe M. (Texas) |
| "Had a cold freeze up at 45' don't want to have it ever happen again without a spare Air within reach!!!!!" - Mike K. (Pago Pago, American Samoa) |
| "[the] most compact self contained system available." - Keith C. (Arizona) |
| "I won a spare air from this web site a couple of months ago and it came in handy for my dive partner last month when he ran out of air at 50 feet. He sure was glad that I had a spare air." - Gary H. (Texas) |
| "I fly planes and I always have a backup system. the spare air just makes sense!" - Paul B (Michigan) |
| "I wanted to get into solo diving and the Spare Air makes an great redundant air supply for solo depths." - Dan L. (Missouri) |
"I purchased a spare air cause i make runs on the Delaware River with large groups of people. and due to the large # of deaths on the river I thought I would be a good investment." - Rob H. (New Jersey) |
"Used it in the Navy, was really impressed with the system, never got used to the octo, don't like to share MY air." - Brian D. (California) |
"...used as a saftey measure for diving with my wife. We wanted a seperate emergency air system." - Patrick K. (Arizona) |
| "I bought the spare air when they first came out (late 90's) and I was just getting into scuba diving. I bought it in case of an emergency which I have luckily never needed. Its life insurance. Scuba diving is an incredible sport with the right safety precautions..." - Claude R. (California) |
