Anyone know what is the best way to create a bungeed bolt snap for the longhose that goes over the mouthpiece? I dove with one earlier this week and I like the idea, but I can't seem to make one that stays out of the way like the one I used.
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is it a bolt snap or a double ender
The best bolt snap mounting options I've found were stolen from Brent Hemphill and someone else. I use one from Brett that has been modified to my Jetstreams and looks like this.
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and when pulled over
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When pulled over a normal second stage, it looks like this
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I only use those bolt snaps when I'm stowing a regulator to a stage tank or when I'm at the surface and gearing up. When in the water, I use a loop of bungee similar to that used to retain the inflator in backmount and slip the showerhead into that to allow rapid donation. It works very well on the Jetstream but not so much on anything else. @victorzamora gives me relentless sh!t about some of the weird things that I do to make my regulators work for me, but such is life.
What I would recommend for others though is to do this. It's a simple piece of bungee on a double ender, but you can clip the double ender to your d-ring and easily remove a "normal" second stage from it and have it completely free.
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mate how do you even manipulate a small bolt snap doing drills
stealing this from my 2 year younger self. Still relevant, still use them. Two different options there, though I use the Hemphill method more than the double ender. The pictures didn't show back up, so they're below. I suspect the one that the OP experienced was the first one. In that case, when you grab it, the bungee pops off of the mouthpiece and slides down the hose. You unclip it afterwards. It's less useful for OOA scenarios and more useful for keeping the second stage closer to the body. The bottom one leaves the double ender and the loop on your D-ring, and the second stage is now free. That one is better for OOA, but less secure overall. Pros and cons, pick your poison
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@Manatee Diver why not make one for your rental set? One of the nice things is they are largely universal and easy to move around to different regulators.
Out of curiosity, what was the difference in that vs. what you used? Are you talking about just a loop that goes over the mouthpiece like a normal octo holder? For those, just tie a really small version of Brett's loop and snap it over the mouthpiece.