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Actually, I have a pair of those. I like mine a lot better. Mind you, I was setting up three BCs and only had a pair of those. We'll see how they fair compared to the commercially available ones. In addition, I can buy the weight keepers for less than a buck a piece. I doubt I have that I have a quarter in the bungee.
Well, after 23 years, I succumbed to the "mass hysteria" and got a BP/W. All I can say is it is a thrill to have something that fits. Being 6'-7", nothing off the shelf fit for the last 23 years...... Now, it does..... Thank you to the vendors who thought of us tall folks....
Anyhow, now that I don't have pockets (well, I didn't with a back-inflate), and all the "new" stuff you folks like to have (mainly a SMB/spool, but some safety stuff seems reasonable, and maybe a snorkel), where the heck do you put it? WS and DS have a thigh pocket, but there is only so much space.... In a single tank configuration, where are you placing "stuff"?
Such as a light (though maybe its on a light sock), SMB/finger spool, etc.
tell me what you do....
1. A Small handheld light can be attached to a bolt snap clip to your chest D-Ring and then held in place using a small strip of bicycle intertube woven on the harness.
2. Typically a Primary light is slid onto the waist strap on the right side. The light head will have a bolt shap which can be attached to a chest D-Ring when your not holding it on your hand (i.e. setup/not diving)
3. The SMB and reel I attached together before the dive and attacth the Bolt snap of the to the Left Hip D-Ring.
BTW, is anyone as tired of cut bicycle tubes for light retainers as I am??? I was getting ready to come up to Cave Country, and I am bringing three different BCs. My FrankenBC made from an Express Tech and a Hollis SMS100 for sidemounting as well as a traditional back plate and wings were all coming with me. Unfortunately, as I was testing their integrity, I was confronted with 3 of the tube retainers breaking on me. We're always putting extra on because we KNOW they are going to fail. Then we have to pull everything apart to put on new ones. I felt I could come up with something that I don't have to baby or that is predestined to fail in a year or two.
While I haven't seen this in the caves/reefs, I am sure that I am not the first one to think about it. I used 12" of 1/8" bungee and tied two grape knots equidistant. I added an inch for the other side which will also control my BC corrugated hose. BTW, I noticed that these don't shift/drift as the tube retainers do and it's far easier to find them. Here are some pictures...
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Originally Posted by DaleC
If you have the same back up light you can also just poke small holes in the webbing with a hot nail and thread the loop of bungie right through it.
Tim
"They called themselves Guerrilla Divers.
Composed of elite divers with Macho mentalities, back when men were men, and FEAR was a lispy companion of the common Man. It was a time before insurance liabilities, lawsuits or beauracratic regulation of the "sport". Guerrilla divers didn't need "Buoyancy Compensator Vests". In fact, "Anyone who needs a BC deserves to drown" was a popular adage. Exploration and the Hunt came first, excitement and fun followed. Safety was the stepchild of fitness, good reflexes and a cool head.
This was a time of great Adventure." www.sfdj.com
Switch to a jacket style bc, you'll never go back ! Two nice zipper pockets on each side, buckle on each
shoulder strap to facilitate easy entry and exit from the bc, not to mention the way your diving will
improve with this style of buoyancy compensator. Oh wait, I have this wrong....or at least some of it !
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Originally Posted by idive2
Switch to a jacket style bc, you'll never go back ! Two nice zipper pockets on each side, buckle on each
shoulder strap to facilitate easy entry and exit from the bc, not to mention the way your diving will
improve with this style of buoyancy compensator. Oh wait, I have this wrong....or at least some of it !
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Originally Posted by rhwestfall
In addition, I can buy the weight keepers for less than a buck a piece. I doubt I have that I have a quarter in the bungee.
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