What Do You Put In Your BC Pockets?

[jasondbaker]

I can understand the tempation to carry all the goodies along on your dives.  You paid for the stuff so you might as well get some use out of it, right?  I discourage the practice.  You should only take the specific items you need to accomplish your dive plan.  You really don't need much for recreational dives.

What do I pack in my BC? Well, nothing.  I use a backplate and wing which means that I don't have pockets.  I do have pockets on my drysuit.
I don't use any pockets on tropical ocean dives.

For local dives I might pack the following in my drysuit pockets: extra dive light, slate, shears, maybe a spare mask.  For tropic ocean dives I clip a surface marker on my backplate harness and sometimes carry a goodie bag.  That's it.