and an interesting comment on bubble checks while we are at it

We always do them on every dive, but recently a few cases have come up that re-inforce that you really need to pay proper attention to them

1) I had brand new Explorer 40 where the weld on the corrugated hose did not go all the way around. Gas would come out at a great rate, but *only* when I was in certain orientations under water. Had we just done a cursory check at the surface we might have missed it

2) both me & buddy have acquired multiple pinholes in pioneer singles wings (next time i will get the eclipse or similar) *but* unless you poke around with the wing a bit, and move the diver around, the leaks are almost impossible to detect.