What do you put on your D-rings?

[diddydidit]

not much, deco bottles on my left side and a couple reels on my right hip. If I have to pull my wetnotes out of my pocket I will clip them off on my right shoulder

 

[Dirty-Dog]

Right chest: sheers.
Right Hip: camera on a retractor.
Left front: console on retractor.
Left rear: SMB/spool.
I use an AIR2, so there's no octo. Whistle is on the inflator hose.
Knife attached to the left side weight pocket.

 

[scubajo007]

I attach my SPG to the left hip D-ring, my octopus to the right D-ring and my whistle to the chest D-ring.

 

[Sas]

I have 5 or 4 d-rings.

Right shoulder: Backup torch
Left shoulder: SPG, backup torch. Occasionally a pony.
Left hip: Occasionally an SMB + spool, or a pony.
Butt: Occasionally a reel or a camera
Front crotch strap: Nothing, it's a sewn in d-ring on one setup and non-existent on my other harness.

Out of water I attach things like camera, my primary reg, or my primary torch to them as well but generally they are in use underwater so don't get clipped off.

 

[Cave Diver]

Equipment carried varies by dive and I utilize the following placement.

Right chest D-ring: backup light

Left chest D-ring: backup light, line markers, camera, upper clip for stage/deco bottle

Right hip D-ring: SPG, reels/spools, lower clip for stage/deco bottle

Butt D-ring: reels/spools, tail of SMB that's bungied to BPW, lower clip for stage/deco bottle (depending on config)

Anything else is in a pocket (wetnotes, shears) or secured directly to BP or harness (knife, liftbags, etc).

 

[cwhitpan]

Great question, thanks for asking. As I slowly add to my Kit it is interesting to hear/see what other people do with all their stuff. I would like to streamline as much as possible, but still take enough gear along.

What do people do particularly with the DSMB? I have the DAN one and it is quite big to dangle with a spool from a d-ring. (It might be overkill, but we are doing a few drift dives this month when we get to Playa and I want to incorporate it into my setup.)

 

[Code Monkey]

light and octo holder. I have a retractor for my gauges and extra D-rings in my pockets for my shears, SMB, reel, and my emergency pack (which contains dye pack, signal mirror, whistle, and strobe).

 

[Pullmyfinger]

I have my SPG clipped to the left hip d-ring. A backup light on the left and right chest d-rings. If I'm wearing a wetsuit that doesn't have pockets then I'll clip my surface marker buoy and spool to the rear d-ring. If I'm wearing my other wetsuit that does have pockets then the SMB and spool go in the pockets.
My primary regulator gets clipped to the right chest d-ring if I'm breathing the backup reg. as does the primary light head if it's not in use.
I'm probably going to put a couple of loops of bungie on the bottom rear of the backplate for stowing the SMB in the future (as others have mentioned) until I put pockets on my other wetsuit. If the rolled up SMB is just clipped to the rear d-ring it tends to flop around. the two loops of bungie seems like it might be a cleaner way of securing it, rather than just clipping it off.
sounds like a good idea, I think I'll try that.

-Mitch

 

[jmasin]

I use the Zeagle Scout (love the heck out of that thing!!). There are 4 D-rings and two pulls for the shoulder straps that are useful as D-rings.

Left hip: SPG/compass
Right hip: Light if used for that dive

Right pull strap: Octo
Left pull strap: empty

Right shoulder D-ring: empty
Left shoulder D-ring: Surface whistle and safety sausage

Backup light, if using lights on the dive goes in the pocket.

 

[pharmddiver]

Flashlight (if needed), shaker also called Aqua-Maraca (very cool accessory!), camera. You don't wan't too much "flair" or you'll wind up missing the stuff you went underwater to see in the first place