Saw some folks on the weekend abseiling with a backup prusik below the device. When I've used one (which isn't often, I'll admit) I've always put it above, which has the advantage of not getting sucked into the device before taking your weight, but has the disadvantage of taking one of your brake hands out of the brake position (below the device).
Do you use a prusik (or other autolock system) when abseiling? If so, where do you put it?
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