Stupid question: how to bungee?

racerx_ · Mar 13, 2012

No not interested in bungee jumping ha..

Just found a dive accessory shop today picked up some webbing, tri glides and bungee cord while I was there.. The idea being to tie the bungee around my harness in strategic locations to keep my light, etc from flailing around in the water while it's clipped off.. So now that I have a few feet of bungee cord, what do I do? Lol I'm assuming there are some good knots for this or ways to tie it.. Anyone?

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rongoodman · Mar 13, 2012

Are you trying to make the bungee into loops to hold things down? If so, a pair of double fisherman's knots works well.

racerx_ · Mar 13, 2012

That's exactly what I want to do.. Thanks!

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buddhasummer · Mar 13, 2012

I do it one of two ways, using double fisherman's knot. Either I just make a loop around the whole webbing tight enough to secure my light or I put two holes in the webbing and thread the bungee through and then tie knot. The first way allows me to move the bungee up or down on the webbing depending on the light I'm using. The second way the bungee is fixed in place. I also put a dab of glue on the knot.

ferris213 · Mar 13, 2012

Although not as secure as the double fishermans, I have used the overhand follow through or 'water knot' (not to be confused with the EDK) It seems to have the smallest profile of all the knots I tried.

Edit: I'm not sure if this is what you mean but to attach it to the webbing you can feed the webbing through one slot of the tri glide, then put the webbing through the loop of bungie you have tied, then 'capture' the bungie by feeding the webbing through the other slot on the tri glide.I'm not sure if it's the proper way of doing things but it seems to work well for me.

racerx_ · Mar 13, 2012

Appreciate the input.. Tied my first double fisherman and feel like a mix between bear grylls and jacques cousteau right now ha

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maiker · Mar 13, 2012

I also put a dab of glue on the knot.

buddhasummer · Mar 13, 2012

ferris213:
Although not as secure as the double fishermans, I have used the overhand follow through or 'water knot' (not to be confused with the EDK) It seems to have the smallest profile of all the knots I tried.

Edit: I'm not sure if this is what you mean but to attach it to the webbing you can feed the webbing through one slot of the tri glide, then put the webbing through the loop of bungie you have tied, then 'capture' the bungie by feeding the webbing through the other slot on the tri glide.I'm not sure if it's the proper way of doing things but it seems to work well for me.

I do it that way for inflator hose on D ring.

I found using a belt slide does not hold the light as "snuggly" as either just around the webbing or threaded through two holes.

buddhasummer · Mar 13, 2012

racerx_:
Appreciate the input.. Tied my first double fisherman and feel like a mix between bear grylls and jacques cousteau right now ha

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Way to go Jacques

nimoh · Mar 13, 2012

another option is to take a cross section of an old bicycle inner tube about 1" wide and feed the strap through it. Halcyon and others have been doing this for years.

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