Who disagrees with DIR and why?

[tcjtn0]

This is a side post about a comment that some of us DO use DIR confiigurations on our gear. This weekend at Wazee while ascending after a 100+ foot dive because of a low on air condition with my buddy , we shared air off of my 7ft hose starting at about 60 feet coming up the ascent line. (I gave up my primary and used my necklaced 2nd) We were able to stay on opposite sides of the line , which at the time had other divers ascending up the line too. It really worked out great and we had a nice , SAFE safety stop !

For me , I am not DIR by any means , but I SURE love a lot of the gear configs etc , which DO WORK in the real dive world !!! Understand this was not a OOG situation , but I switched to my necklace octo *BEFORE* handing off my primary to the other diver (I kept it in my control until I knew I WAS SET!!!) Even with my dry gloves , hood etc , grabbing my necklace and switching regs took only about a second or two , even while holding onto the ascent line. And like FMT , I try to practice switching off from Primary to Secondary at least 2-3 times during every dive just to keep myself in practice.

Just my HUMBLE 2 cents worth... :-[
I wouldn't DARE say one way is better than the other , but for ME personally , this gear config works just wonderful.

Jean