Thigh Pocket (Dive Rite)
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When you put a reel in your x-shorts, it looks like you have a tumor on the side of your leg. 
SparticleBrane
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That's why you clip it to your butt D-ring.
Sitting on your wreck reel is not fun, Brane. I don't know anyone who actually dives with their reel on their butt.
SparticleBrane
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I don't know about you but when I'm diving, I'm horizontal...not sitting. When I get out of the water I take it off my butt D-ring so I don't crush it when I sit down.
When I get out of the water I take it off my butt D-ring so I don't crush it when I sit down.
gt3073b
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Hmm, I have only 2 dives on mine, but I really enjoyed having it. I'm keeping my EMT shears clipped in it, and I used it to bring up some really small stuff from the bottom. I'll be adding a spool soon as well. It never moved around, though I had the elastic stretched a bit (didn't feel it through my 7mm suit though) and the top strap around the waist strap of my harness.
Its kinda early to tell with only 2 dives on it, but so far I give it a thumbs up.
Bryan.
Its kinda early to tell with only 2 dives on it, but so far I give it a thumbs up.
Bryan.
TheRedHead:
My experience with the thigh pocket is okay. They tends to shift around while I am finning underwater. Pockets on wetsuits and X-Shorts are more stable.
I have one but so far only used it while skindiving. The webbing was harshly trimmed with a hotknife and then sewn to the back of the pocket. It dug into the nylon facing of my former wetsuit. I stitched a sheet of vinyl fabric over the back to create a smooth face and it was OK.
I found I needed to set the straps for the way I dive which is unlike what you'd expect standing there gearing up.
Pete
I found I needed to set the straps for the way I dive which is unlike what you'd expect standing there gearing up.
Pete
I have one, but recently moved to a pocket attached to my wetsuit.
Personally, I found the DR thigh pocket handy, but annoying in that it always seemed to migrate from the side of my thigh to the front in the course of a dive. I found the elastic bits insufficient to both compensate for depth and keep it in position at the same time.
I like the pocket, though, and will probably dump the straps and glue/aquaseal it to my wetsuit or drysuit at some point instead of using the drop-down and thigh straps.
Personally, I found the DR thigh pocket handy, but annoying in that it always seemed to migrate from the side of my thigh to the front in the course of a dive. I found the elastic bits insufficient to both compensate for depth and keep it in position at the same time.
I like the pocket, though, and will probably dump the straps and glue/aquaseal it to my wetsuit or drysuit at some point instead of using the drop-down and thigh straps.
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