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TinLeg

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Posted: 6/30/2022 5:47:09 PM EDT

[Last Edit: TinLeg]

Maybe it’s something in your kit. Maybe it’s a tool or knife. Not necessarily attached to BCD.

What is the one little thing you’re always glad to have, rarely need, but Is necessary when you do need it?

Or… just something you always carry that’s somewhat uncommon?

Context is stuff other than “should have” such as a marker buoy. As an example, I keep a knipex plier-wrench in my boat bag, as well as Allen keys for the usual sizes found on regulators. O-ring kit. Extra charging cable with battery bank for phone and dive watch. Food grade silicone because beard. Etc.

JCoop Elect Only Patriots Joined Jan 2008 Posts 7875 EE 0% (0) NH, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 6:00:06 PM EDT [#1] Concealed Carry Firearm. Always, always have it. Have yet to need it.
	For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. Thomas Jefferson "He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige

Kokodude Member Joined Apr 2021 Posts 2005 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 6:06:19 PM EDT [#2] ARF.com

TinLeg Tripod's R US Joined Mar 2002 Posts 19042 EE 100% (6) TX, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 7:19:45 PM EDT [#3] Quote History Originally Posted By JCoop: Concealed Carry Firearm. Always, always have it. Have yet to need it. View Quote While you’re not wrong, being this is the SCUBA subforum, I was hoping for related or semi-related.

mojo7 Mean Tweets 2024 or sooner Joined Feb 2003 Posts 3616 EE 100% (99) SD, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 8:18:57 PM EDT [#4] Quote History Originally Posted By JCoop: Concealed Carry Firearm. Always, always have it. Have yet to need it. View Quote Never leave home without it but have been fortunate to not need it. Thank you Lord.
	"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted." Psalm 12:8 KJV "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire

FB41 USMC 1977-1987 Joined May 2003 Posts 13476 EE 100% (3) FL, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 8:26:39 PM EDT [#5] 1/2" wide x 1/8" thick x 10" long rubber strap in my BC pocket. Comes in handy as an emergency mask or fin strap. Had to use it exactly 1 time, but was damn glad I had it- mask strap broke and it was a looonnnggg swim back to shore; holding the mask with one hand while swimming woulda sucked.
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AHSGA Joined Apr 2012 Posts 4561 EE 100% (20) OR, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 8:45:28 PM EDT [#6] Gas. I always seem to run out before everyone else.

AHSGA Joined Apr 2012 Posts 4562 EE 100% (20) OR, USA	Posted: 6/30/2022 8:47:01 PM EDT [#7] I think I read the question wrong. Spare mask - I’ve never needed it.

Marie Great Lakes Mermaid Joined Aug 2011 Posts 17110 EE 100% (1) IL, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 7:25:52 AM EDT [#8] Spare reg in my bag. I’ve used it several times.
	"They know what shipwrecks are, for out of sight of land, however inland, they have drowned full many a midnight ship with all its shrieking crew." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1851, on the Great Lakes

owlless Dan Carlin! Where's my podcast? Joined May 2002 Posts 2532 EE 100% (21) KS, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 7:41:40 AM EDT [#9] Phone
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JCoop

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Posted: 7/1/2022 8:27:25 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By TinLeg:

While you're not wrong, being this is the SCUBA subforum, I was hoping for related or semi-related.

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Didn't even notice that. Good point. I was scrolling through Newest Topics.

I don't SCUBA (yet, its on the list), but when I walked a beat I always had a TEKNA dive knife in my boot. Never had to use it, fortunately. I miss that knife.

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

"He didnt punch anybody. He punched an idea." DrFrige

sgtgeo Member Joined Dec 2006 Posts 3966 EE 100% (2) NC, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 9:23:58 AM EDT [#11] Zippo
	If you are wearing a Lab Coat and safety glasses you can't get hurt

Sputnik556 Member Joined Oct 2013 Posts 36371 EE 100% (110) KY, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 9:36:14 AM EDT [#12] Cash
	If you aren't representing Jesus in a way that makes people want to hang out with you, you're doing it wrong.

SilkyCowboy Member Joined Sep 2016 Posts 5208 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 9:54:46 AM EDT [#13] Wife
	There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. ~Will Rogers

sj586 Joined May 2008 Posts 402 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 7/5/2022 10:19:09 PM EDT [#14] I would say bungee cord, but I do occasionally need it. It is the duct tape of the scuba world.

bap Joined Jul 2008 Posts 1580 EE 100% (15) FL, USA	Posted: 7/8/2022 9:43:07 AM EDT [#15] Lift bag.. Find something big that needs to go up, or self rescue.

Dan_Gray Joined Jan 2009 Posts 82047 EE 100% (22) AR, USA	Posted: 2/5/2023 9:24:19 PM EDT [#16] SMB and an extra reel. I dive the same plate for everything. I take a fair amount of stuff off for vacation reef dives, but I leave that reel on.

Herewego Joined Oct 2022 Posts 555 EE 0% (0) VA, USA	Posted: 2/16/2023 2:41:02 PM EDT [#17] CPR mask. Line cutter. Whistle. Bailout bottle.

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