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Short question: When you're diving wet (i.e. no big drysuit pockets to store stuff), where do you store smaller items?
Long question: Just getting ready for a trip to Grand Cayman and decided add another piece of safety gear to my setup. I have a halcyon bp/w with the storage pack. I carry a fair amount of safety gear but at the same time I don't look like a christmas tree. Safety gear: Small knife on right hip, z-knife on left hip, small (4 AA) lcd light on right shoulder strap (clipped to D-ring, rubber-banded flush to strap), dive alert (have used it and it's worth its weight in gold), smb/spool in BP storage pack. I been reading a lot about missing diver incidents and survival tools, etc., and decided to buy a strobe -- just in case. I went for the bigger one -- tektite 300 (3 c cell) -- figuring that if I'm ever floating at see, I might wish I sprung for one with the extra battery! This thing is pretty big. I have it tied to a bolt snap and in my storage pack (alongside the smb), but it makes for a pretty tight fit. Anyone have a better idea? I'm also toying with the idea of adding a signal mirror (people on here speak VERY highly of them) and one of those test-tube-like dye markers. I'm completely stumped as to where I'd put them (short of adding a pocket to my BP, which I'm not wild about doing because it defeats the purpose of having a BP/W). I've seen those scuba shorts with the pocket, but I wasn't wild about the idea. I usually use a 1mm full suit when I'm diving in warm water, and I think it's too thin to add a pocket to it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!
Long question: Just getting ready for a trip to Grand Cayman and decided add another piece of safety gear to my setup. I have a halcyon bp/w with the storage pack. I carry a fair amount of safety gear but at the same time I don't look like a christmas tree. Safety gear: Small knife on right hip, z-knife on left hip, small (4 AA) lcd light on right shoulder strap (clipped to D-ring, rubber-banded flush to strap), dive alert (have used it and it's worth its weight in gold), smb/spool in BP storage pack. I been reading a lot about missing diver incidents and survival tools, etc., and decided to buy a strobe -- just in case. I went for the bigger one -- tektite 300 (3 c cell) -- figuring that if I'm ever floating at see, I might wish I sprung for one with the extra battery! This thing is pretty big. I have it tied to a bolt snap and in my storage pack (alongside the smb), but it makes for a pretty tight fit. Anyone have a better idea? I'm also toying with the idea of adding a signal mirror (people on here speak VERY highly of them) and one of those test-tube-like dye markers. I'm completely stumped as to where I'd put them (short of adding a pocket to my BP, which I'm not wild about doing because it defeats the purpose of having a BP/W). I've seen those scuba shorts with the pocket, but I wasn't wild about the idea. I usually use a 1mm full suit when I'm diving in warm water, and I think it's too thin to add a pocket to it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!