Here's a n article I wrote on choosing sidemount cylinders - Sidemount Cylinders
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Tracy, you can do that. Some do that with AL80's. Personally I do not prefer to do that. I would rather the weight stay on me, not the tank. I also don't like adding a sang potential adding a weight to the cam band. That's just me. I would have to say you can add some forward d-rings like us AL80 guys do and once they get buoyant you can move them to a forward hip d-ring.