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Todd, it is "permanently" attached, and can obviously be breathed that way. The reason we do not use the "loops" is that the reg may fall out and not be where it need to be when it needs to be there, and when it needs to be there, it needs to be there. There is no subsitute for extreme experience, clear thinking that sees all the way through the possibilities, and superior intelligence, other than asking me, and you have demonstrated the later by doing just that. On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Todd Leonard <toddl@in*.co*> wrote: >> Lance, the commmercial straps that used to come with the regs can be >> made from a tire innertube, but I use surgical tubing and put it on the >> reg with the same tie wrap that holds on the mouthpiece. >> >> George M. Irvine III > >George, in your description above, it sounds like the surgical tubing >is "permanently" attached (as permanent as the mouthpiece itself), >and would therefore remain in place if you needed to breath the backup. >Steve Hogan, on the other hand, described a setup where the mouthpiece >was inserted into a loop in the tubing, and it sounds like the backup >could be breathed either with the strap on or off. > >Do you consider both approaches sound, or is permanent attachment an >important "feature" of the way you do it? > >- Todd > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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