Streamlined or not?

[Charred]

Hello SB,

I was looking at my pictures from my last dive trip and I like this one (my profile). But then the SPG caught my eye. It is clipped off to my chest D-ring as I cannot really read it on my hip. It has a small boltsnap on it attached right to the neck of the gauge.

For a purely recreational diver, is that streamlined? In essence, move it or just go diving

 

[Jason]

Just go diving...

 

[Lorenzoid]

I wouldn't be concerned. In the rec diving context, the classic example used to illustrate poor "streamlining" is a console dragging in the sand a foot below the diver, and those sorts of obvious "danglies."

 

[Marie13]

I don't really give a flying fig what anyone thinks about how I have things set up as long as it works for me and it's not dangerous. I've got my SPG on my left chest D ring as well. I clip it so it's face up and I can easily read it.

 

[tilikum]

As long as sh*t isn't hanging like a Christmas tree ornament, it's all good for recreational purposes.

 

[rongoodman]

You look flat in the water, which is much more important than a dangling gauge. (There's something hanging on your mask too!)

 

[stuartv]

[Tangent]I don't really subscribe to the "it's okay for recreational diving" mindset. I think it's better to do things the "right" way, even on the simplest, most benign dive.[/Tangent]

That SPG is certainly not terrible. But, if it were mine, it would bother me enough to try and find a solution that didn't hang down so far. I like swimthroughs. I like finding little critters on the bottom. Both things can easily result in me swimming close enough to the bottom that I'm taking care to avoid my belly touching. Your SPG looks like it would touch before your belly and that would bother me.

There's nothing seriously wrong with the way it is, but don't let that stop you from being "better". It might be as simple as a shorter HP hose. Or attach a boltsnap to it with bungee that will keep it pulled snug up against you but stretch enough to easily pull it away to read.

 

[ScubaWithTurk]

This brings up a questions I have about my gear..but first to the OPs question, I see this as streamlined as far as rec is concerned.

I am running an Air2 on my Knighhawk. It tends to dangle and I didn't notice it until I was doing some pool work and got a selfie. It is cut off here but you can see it dangling more than I would like it to dangle. Any suggestions from others using something similar to keep it tighter to my chest without restricting the it's movement so I can still raise it upright to vent air?

And before anyone says anything, I have moved the boltsnap on my second stage closer to the regulator. This was my first dive using the boltsnaps on my secondary and on my SPG (which is clipped off via boltsnap to my chest D ring for ease of viewing)

 

[TMHeimer]

I don't really give a flying fig what anyone thinks about how I have things set up as long as it works for me and it's not dangerous. I've got my SPG on my left chest D ring as well. I clip it so it's face up and I can easily read it.

Right. I'm an oddball in that I clip my console across and to the right side of my chest. Easy to check everything and for compass use, not retractable. As well, it is as close to me as possible, so there is no dangling.

 

[Marie13]

If I had it on my left hip, I'd not see it anyway when carrying my pony. I like it right in my face when I look down.