Unpopular opinion: I skipped the bailout valve on my last two shallow jobs and I'm not going back
Three months ago in Port Arthur I watched a guy fight a free-flow at 40 feet because his bailout hose was snagged on a weld, and it hit me that the second hose was the problem, not the solution. I've run a single hose with a pony bottle on my belt for the last 6 dives and the rig checks in half the time. Curious if anyone else has dropped the extra hose or if I'm asking for trouble.