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After getting into a lot more DPV diving, especially in wetsuits, a split crotch strap was necessary for long trigger times.
Purchased the split crotch strap from Cave Adventurers a few weeks ago but haven't had time to get around to it. Unfortunately the split crotch strap causes loss of the rear d-ring for storage, and the use of a dpv makes some deco/stage bottle handling interesting, so here are the mods
Added an extra Dive Rite ring bungee I had laying around to the plate to hook around the valve of a left side bottle. Won't get it up into true sidemount position, but it will be better than hanging free. This will likely get replaced with a loop bungee at some point, but it was convenient to try for proof of concept.
removed the original crotch strap and replaced with the split crotch strap-ends to be cut and burned once I get it in the water to find out the longest and shortest points that I need
Installed a pair of counterlung offset D-rings from Deep Sea Supply on either side of the backplate for storage. The crotch strap is threaded through the loop created at the back of the plates to keep it in position *I would like it farther out and it is much farther out on my sidemount rig, but unsure how to keep the right side situated with a canister and I wanted to keep the drop-dring on that side for storage of reels and what not.
I am going to get on the trigger with this in the near ish future and may make some adjustments going forward, especially with the bungee since I'm not a huge fan of ring bungees but it's proof of concept since I had a ring bungee in my tool box and was too lazy to walk to the garage to find a normal bungee or the plain bungee and tie a loop bungee into it....
Purchased the split crotch strap from Cave Adventurers a few weeks ago but haven't had time to get around to it. Unfortunately the split crotch strap causes loss of the rear d-ring for storage, and the use of a dpv makes some deco/stage bottle handling interesting, so here are the mods
Added an extra Dive Rite ring bungee I had laying around to the plate to hook around the valve of a left side bottle. Won't get it up into true sidemount position, but it will be better than hanging free. This will likely get replaced with a loop bungee at some point, but it was convenient to try for proof of concept.
removed the original crotch strap and replaced with the split crotch strap-ends to be cut and burned once I get it in the water to find out the longest and shortest points that I need
Installed a pair of counterlung offset D-rings from Deep Sea Supply on either side of the backplate for storage. The crotch strap is threaded through the loop created at the back of the plates to keep it in position *I would like it farther out and it is much farther out on my sidemount rig, but unsure how to keep the right side situated with a canister and I wanted to keep the drop-dring on that side for storage of reels and what not.
I am going to get on the trigger with this in the near ish future and may make some adjustments going forward, especially with the bungee since I'm not a huge fan of ring bungees but it's proof of concept since I had a ring bungee in my tool box and was too lazy to walk to the garage to find a normal bungee or the plain bungee and tie a loop bungee into it....