Sidemount_Stu
Contributor
I'm looking for some help from anyone that has some experience in Sidemounting....
I dive with an Xdeep Stealth system, and 2 x 12L Euro cylinders (Steel). (Cold Water, Drysuit Diving)
I'm trying to get my cylinders trimmed so they sit just up behind my armpits and along the mid-line of my body.
I'm close... but no cigar currently, the valves are in, not behind, my armpits and the cylinders are along my body, but the bottom of them, is running an inch or two below my body. (by bottom, I mean the entire length of the cylinder, the lowest point as I am in flat trim)
I'm clipping the bolt snaps onto the square D rings, which are as close to the spine as they can go, and i've reduced the tail on the boltsnaps to zero, so the base Ring of the boltsnap is almost touching the jubilee clip.
I clearly have no further adjustment in those two points to raise the base of the cylinder, so am wondering what else I can adjust to help me?
My current thoughts are:
1) Jubilee band up or down (i'm not sure which) - This to help raise the bottom of the cylinder
2) Move my Loop Bungee a little lower - Hopefully this will pull the valves behind my armpit and raise the front a little?
Do I sound like i'm thinking along the right lines, or can someone offer any alternatives etc?
Thanks
I dive with an Xdeep Stealth system, and 2 x 12L Euro cylinders (Steel). (Cold Water, Drysuit Diving)
I'm trying to get my cylinders trimmed so they sit just up behind my armpits and along the mid-line of my body.
I'm close... but no cigar currently, the valves are in, not behind, my armpits and the cylinders are along my body, but the bottom of them, is running an inch or two below my body. (by bottom, I mean the entire length of the cylinder, the lowest point as I am in flat trim)
I'm clipping the bolt snaps onto the square D rings, which are as close to the spine as they can go, and i've reduced the tail on the boltsnaps to zero, so the base Ring of the boltsnap is almost touching the jubilee clip.
I clearly have no further adjustment in those two points to raise the base of the cylinder, so am wondering what else I can adjust to help me?
My current thoughts are:
1) Jubilee band up or down (i'm not sure which) - This to help raise the bottom of the cylinder
2) Move my Loop Bungee a little lower - Hopefully this will pull the valves behind my armpit and raise the front a little?
Do I sound like i'm thinking along the right lines, or can someone offer any alternatives etc?
Thanks