BP/W users - where do u put your smb?

[Aardvark]

Reel in a thigh pocket, SMB clipped to my butt d-ring. The diving I do deployment isn't routine, but the few times I've had to use it was easy to fetch and deploy.

[Jorgy]

More detail......hope it helps......

I tried the 2 bungee loops but on my BP the holes were a bit far apart, so the SMB could pop out on giant stride entires so I prefer this method because it holds the SMB close to the center.....

Plus for me easier to restow underwater as you can pull the entire loop through the strap to make it "easier" to put around the SMB....a smaller loop can be tough with heavy gloves....

M

[mathauck0814]

During the dive it's on the butt D-ring pre-rigged with a spool. On the boat I move it so I can set my gear down without crushing it or sitting on it.

[Cruiser24]

More detail......hope it helps......

I tried the 2 bungee loops but on my BP the holes were a bit far apart, so the SMB could pop out on giant stride entires so I prefer this method because it holds the SMB close to the center.....

Plus for me easier to restow underwater as you can pull the entire loop through the strap to make it "easier" to put around the SMB....a smaller loop can be tough with heavy gloves....

M

hi Jorgy, many thanks for the details

[guyharrisonphoto]

It depends on what I am doing. Right now, it goes in my Halcyon MC storage pack with the spool clipped to my butt D-ring. However, I am doing a lot of drift diving (common down here) where I know positively I will have to deploy it at the end of the dive, and this arrangement is not the most convenient. I am going to get a more compact SMB (I have a 6' one, too big to easily blow up), and clip it to my left waist d-ring and held tight to my waist strap with an epdm band.