How do you make a bungee necklace out of tubing?

[buff]

How do you make a bungee necklace out of surgical tubing??

Thanks
Mike

 

[Rick Murchison]

http://homepages.msn.com/SupportSt/rickmurchison/necklace.html
Rick

 

[Scubaroo]

An alternative (although I'm about to make mine using cable ties like Rick's):

http://www.northeastdir.com/gearpage1.htm

Does anyone worry about redundancy for a broken bungee necklace underwater? I guess there are two options - carry a spare bungee in a pocket, or add a bolt snap to your backup reg's hose like a DIR primary reg's hose would have...

 

[buff]

Rick-

What's the little thingy in the middle that the surgical tubing is attached to?

 

[Iguana Don]

There is no stress on the bungee and according to DIR you check you gear from top to bottom before each and every dive. So if you spot a worn bungee, you replace it before the dive

ID

 

[Scubaroo]

Thanks - spare bungee in the dive bag should cover it then

 

[Uncle Pug]

I have one of the previously shown necklace loops ready to go in my dive bag....

But I just put the ends of a loop of surgical tubing under the zip tie that holds the mouth piece on and cinch it down....

Partner uses 1/8" bungee the same way....

I just happen to have several hundred feet of surgical tubing in the shop so I try to find as many uses for it as I can....

 

[Rick Murchison]

Originally posted by buff
Rick-

What's the little thingy in the middle that the surgical tubing is attached to?

That's a rubber band made of bicycle tube. I use that rather than the surgical tubing to actually attach the reg. It is cut to a thickness that will not break with casual tugs, but is a breakway if it has to be. I use pieces of bicycle tube all over the place wherever I want a breakaway attachment that won't unless I really need it to.
Rick

 

[Lost Yooper]

Like UP, I have both ends of the bungies being held on by the mouthpiece zip tie. I also carry a necklace with a loop in my bag as a backup.

Mike