Comments about Zeagle Octo-Z Alternate Air Source:

If one less hose is your goal then this air source fits the bill. However I found it uncomfortable because of the short hose, it pulled on the mouthpiece , compared to an octo alone. The inflator/deflator was easy to use. If you never have ot use it for breathing then it doesnt matter,but thats a gamble you may not want to take.

Comments about Zeagle Octo-Z Alternate Air Source:

Most of my dives for small item recovery is spent in the mud. My octo's were becoming fouled every dive. The zeagle octo z can be placed out of hams way and still be available.

Comments about Zeagle Octo-Z Alternate Air Source:

This is not an alternative to an octopus, but an additional second stage to use as a redundancy in your setup. That being said, this is a great product to serve that purpose.

Comments about Zeagle Octo-Z Alternate Air Source:

I bought this octo-inflator mainly for warm/shallow water to elimiate the extra hose/drag. I ended up keeping it w/my technical setup (cave/wreck) since it introduces very little drag/failure versus the benefit of 3rd air source.

Comments about Zeagle Octo-Z Alternate Air Source:

Disclaimer: I am new to diving, having just certified a few weeks ago while on vacation in St. Martin.

I purchased this with my first set of gear, and my use of it thus far is limited to wringing it out in the pool, yesterday. I tried everything I could think of to get it to free flow, without success. I like the fact that I will *always* know where it is and be able to confidently grab and use it with ease, in less than 3 seconds. Having one less hose coming off of the first stage is a plus; that's one less potential failure point. Of course, it breathes a good bit harder than a primary, but in my opinion this is desirable to lower the likelihood of a freeflow event; I had no problem getting as much or little flow from it, as desired. The hose connection to the BCD is a big plus too, it makes THOROUGHLY rinsing and draining the BCD a piece of cake. Not only that, by keeping the LP inflator hose always connected to the power inflator - you can rest assured it won't get any sand, dirt or other "stuff" in the fittings, thus increasing the likelihood of a failure of the power inflator valve (imagine if a piece of dirt causes that valve to stick open while at depth - yikes!).

In training, we were equipped with standard alternate air sources. I didn't care for them at all. This is definitely the way for me to go; I think you may find the same.