Sorry if this was covered already, nothing jumped at me when I hit the search button.
I recently switched from bands with buckles to just plain steel clamps on my sidemount tanks. Now that I started to pay attention, I noticed that a lot of divers do not use sheathing, whether on steel on aluminum tanks.
I am assuming the reason is because a wet clamp sheath will trap salt water, be harder to rinse, and take longer to dry. There seems to be a theory that clamp sheathing helps avoid corrosion, and the alternative theory that it does just the opposite. Speculations aside, someone with 1000+ dives must have strong anecdotal evidence to support either one or the other... which is it?
I recently switched from bands with buckles to just plain steel clamps on my sidemount tanks. Now that I started to pay attention, I noticed that a lot of divers do not use sheathing, whether on steel on aluminum tanks.
I am assuming the reason is because a wet clamp sheath will trap salt water, be harder to rinse, and take longer to dry. There seems to be a theory that clamp sheathing helps avoid corrosion, and the alternative theory that it does just the opposite. Speculations aside, someone with 1000+ dives must have strong anecdotal evidence to support either one or the other... which is it?
