Digger

I go with my left pocket as my SOS pocket pretty much. There's a yellow bag, backup mask and backup dive timer in there.

My right pocket just has my self-inflating SMB. It's a bulky bugger, and takes up pretty much the whole pocket, but then it comes out most dives so it's not great to have a load of stuff dangling out of my pocket every time I use it.

I keep my shears out on my harness, one set each side. Seems to work ok for now, and others can see/use them if required.

Reels are on my hips under stages, one each side. I used to have one in my pocket but I think I'll get a spool and stick it in the backup pocket at some point.

I used to have on my suit a velcro pocket one side, and zip the other. The velcro was for the emergency stuff so I could just reach down, pull up and grab just about anything (all secured in there anyway) without the need to find the zipper, new suit I didn't get the option as the pockets were already on there, but if I had the choice I'd do it the same way again I think, maybe velcro on both. I can feel a poll coming on...

Digs.