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View Full Version : Deco bottle idea
SteveW January 18th, 2003, 11:08 PM Don't know if anyone else is doing this but it works pretty good. I bought a set of vacuum cleaner replacement belts at lowes, about 2.50, and they worked great for the hose clamp on my deco bottle. Perfect size, cheap and looks a lot neater than the inner tube I had on it. Just thought I would pass it along. Uncle Pug January 18th, 2003, 11:31 PM We paid a $2.50 for a bag of these crab trap bands at Seattle Marine... and they are just the right size for holding the hose on the 40cf deco bottle. Rick Murchison January 18th, 2003, 11:35 PM Uncle Pug once bubbled... We paid a $2.50 for a bag of these crab trap bands at Seattle Marine... and they are just the right size for holding the hose on the 40cf deco bottle. Got a part number for those little beauties, Pug? Looks like a likely addition to my collection. Rick Uncle Pug January 19th, 2003, 04:04 AM Rick Murchison once bubbled... Got a part number for those little beauties, Pug? www.seamar.com Continental Western Rubber Band #107 1 Lb Bag Price: $2.17 / BAG Product Code: CWC-RB107-1 {sorry Steve... I didn't intend to highjack your thread.} Wreck/Tec January 27th, 2003, 01:15 PM I prefer surgical tubing with an ear of about three inches sticking up so I can grab it and return my hose to it's origional place when I plan to switch mixes or exit the water. Bands are hard to grab a hold of when they hug the outside of the tank. My gloved fingers always struggled to get under the bands. Wreck/Tec JamesK January 27th, 2003, 10:10 PM If you run the bands over the stage kit, and the fuel hose, you will have no problems getting your fingers underneath them. Of course, I have never tried this with thick gloves though. Uncle Pug January 27th, 2003, 11:49 PM JamesK once bubbled... If you run the bands over the stage kit, and the fuel hose, you will have no problems getting your fingers underneath them. Of course, I have never tried this with thick gloves though. That is the way we do it and have no trouble getting *under* the band using thick drygloves by grasping it where it goes over the tubing. large_diver January 28th, 2003, 12:35 PM So......regardless of what you use to secure the hose....running the surgical tubing/bungee/crab trap bands OVER the stage kit tubing makes more sense...? I was just setting one of these up last week and ran them under the stage kit.... WYDT January 28th, 2003, 02:25 PM large_diver once bubbled... So......regardless of what you use to secure the hose....running the surgical tubing/bungee/crab trap bands OVER the stage kit tubing makes more sense...? I was just setting one of these up last week and ran them under the stage kit.... Yep, I think so... I thought I had the original idea when I started doing it... guess not. :eek: It's much easier to get ahold of that way and can be done even one handed with practice. Scubaroo January 28th, 2003, 02:29 PM large_diver once bubbled... So......regardless of what you use to secure the hose....running the surgical tubing/bungee/crab trap bands OVER the stage kit tubing makes more sense...? I was just setting one of these up last week and ran them under the stage kit.... Looks like I'm not the only one who will be rerigging a bottle as a result of this thread. Thanks! I had a look in the DIRF book, and there must be half a dozen permutations of stage bottle rigging in it. I like UP's idea of two crab bands instead of the honking great piece of inner tube that came with the FifthD kit. WreckWriter January 28th, 2003, 02:38 PM Some friends were in a Tech1 a few weeks ago and AG had them shorten the length of their stage slings. I don't have the numbers but I saw the bottles. The rear clamp was about half-way down the bottle, far different than where it is using the standard halcyon stage kit. I agree with Pug, crab bands are the best. They work great, are cheap, and the company ships fast. WW ericfine50 January 28th, 2003, 03:23 PM WW Can you grab a pic one day? It the handle 1/2 way down and close to the bottle? Thanks Eric WreckWriter January 28th, 2003, 04:53 PM ericfine50 once bubbled... WW Can you grab a pic one day? It the handle 1/2 way down and close to the bottle? Thanks Eric Haven't got my own set up that way yet. Yea, the handle runs about half-way down instead of the current 3/4 of the way, everything else basically the same. I only got a glance not a close and detailed explanation. WW ericfine50 January 28th, 2003, 04:58 PM WW, No problem. I get the idea Eric WreckWriter January 28th, 2003, 05:02 PM ericfine50 once bubbled... WW, No problem. I get the idea Eric When I get the specifics I'll post them. WW The Pirate January 28th, 2003, 09:20 PM WreckWriter once bubbled... ... AG had them shorten the length of their stage slings. I don't have the numbers but I saw the bottles. The rear clamp was about half-way down the bottle, far different than where it is using the standard halcyon stage kit. What was AG's reasoning behind shortening the length of the sling? The Pirate :pirate: WreckWriter January 28th, 2003, 09:35 PM The Pirate once bubbled... What was AG's reasoning behind shortening the length of the sling? The Pirate :pirate: I wasn't in the class but as I understand it the bottle lays better this way. WW JamesK January 29th, 2003, 10:54 PM For the length of the strap, I put on my backplate, and measured the distance between the two drings. I then put the clamp that same distance from the cruve in the top of the bottle. It seems to work great for me. I will try to remember to post a picture. large_diver January 30th, 2003, 09:49 AM BTW -- thanks to those that suggested putting the tubing for holding the reg hose OVER the stage kit. I was playing around with my 30CF bottle in our local YMCA pool last night and found re-stowing the hose much easier.
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