Dryfob vs custom divers canister for PLB?

[ls1dreams]

Looking for a canister for PLB + car keys.

Price looks similar between them. However Dryfob doesn't include any kind of attachment.

Anyone recommend how to attach it since it doesn't include one like custom divers?

 

[-JD-]

There are a number of options in these (reasonable-length) threads:

Welcome to the DRYFOB Manufacturers forum

Hello fellow Scubaboard members, and welcome to the DRYFOB manufacturers forum DRYFOB makes waterproof car key containers suitable for scuba diving that have been IPx8 rated to 330ft (100m). The patent pending design is machined out of a rugged aluminum alloy and anodized for additional...

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DryFob XL: Affordable Canister for PLB

This is a review of the DryFob XL (https://dryfob.com/product/dryfob-xl-waterproof-plb-container/), a waterproof canister designed to keep items dry down to 100 meters or beyond, sized to contain PLB's and other such items of similar size. This is somewhat long (surprise!). I start with a...

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And towards the end of this grad-daddy of threads:

PLBs Can Save Your Life

These posts were spun off from the A&I thread about nothernone: Scubaboard Staff Member - Northernone - Missing in Cozumel This information can save your life! Does anyone know what kind of DSMB Cameron has? A buoy with SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea) Radar reflective tape would dramatically...

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TL-DR Tie a boltsnap onto it through the attachment hole, put it in a pocket (evidently HOG sells a perfectly sized, inexpensive one), fab an attachment loop with cord/webbing and a clamp. I probably missed some other suggestions.

ETA: maybe @Jaan has some further suggestions that I forgot.

 

[Jaan]

Thanks @-JD- , yes, pointed @ls1dreams at some of these suggestions too.
tmassey did a comprehensive review as an early adopter of the XL here:

DryFob XL: Affordable Canister for PLB

This is a review of the DryFob XL (https://dryfob.com/product/dryfob-xl-waterproof-plb-container/), a waterproof canister designed to keep items dry down to 100 meters or beyond, sized to contain PLB's and other such items of similar size. This is somewhat long (surprise!). I start with a...

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Feel free to reach out if I can help further anytime...

 

[JFS]

Im liking my xl size dryfob. Put it in my pocket on my mares shorts or mask pouch that is attached my my bcd waist strap. Lots of good customer photos on dryfob web site to see how divers attach them.

 

[Jaan]

Put it in my .... mask pouch

That's a great tip!

 

[NW Dive Dawg]

Can't comment on the Custom Divers unit.... but it looks to me to be just a rebranded "Wicked" unit...... and I don't see any "attachment" benefit over the DryFob other than the "holster". I also think it's important to point out that the DryFob unit is fine threaded CNC machined aluminum with tight tolerances rather than the plastic Custom Divers unit. And........ the DryFob most definitely has two attachment points on the lid.

I recently returned from a 10 day (May, 25 + dive trip to Bonaire and the DryFob performed flawlessly on NDL dives to 110ft so that's all I can attest to. I even tested it by putting a single ZigZAG rolling paper into the unit along with my keys and some cash and not one single molecule of water entered that unit.

 

[RedSeaDiver2]

I went with the Custom Divers one - its made of Delrin I think so tough as and fairly unbreakable, and no potential of corrosion issues

 

[MB NZ]

I've had the CD canister for years and it's done many dives. They have a reputation for leaking. I haven't had a problem apart from one time when about a tablespoon of water had ingressed.

 

[Jaan]

no potential of corrosion issues

I don’t think this was meant as a criticism but in case it raises any doubts or concerns, the anodized aluminum won’t corrode either. A popular material used in a lot of high end dive gear.

 

[Bigbella]

I have just used a standard gangion / surgical tubing-type lanyard, looped through one of the mounting holes and affixed to a D-ring on my BC -- no muss no fuss.

Doesn't seem to get in the way . . .