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First off I'd like to say that this thread has exceeded my wildest expectations. Anyway Todd I use, SURPRIZE!, cave line for this fuction and it works great. I would like to mention that one of the zip tie failures I experienced was the one holding the surgical tubing to my secondary regulator. I create a loop with the tubing, tie it together with cave line Then I take the tails and wrap them a couple of times around the mouthpiece and tie if off there. It has been this way for over a year now and it is holding up great, better than the zip ties I might mention. And also much more comfortable as you don't have the rubber tubeing pushing against your lips when you have to use this reg (which I do once in a while just to check for function). Jim Sender: Todd Leonard Date: 6/30/98 1:22 PM >Jim, if you use Liquid Nails to attch the mouthpiece, how do you attach >the neck strap (shock cord or surgical tubing) to the backup reg? > >I'm guessing you must insert the mouthpiece into a loop in the shock >cord, which allows the reg to be pulled free. Everyone I've ever seen >using this approach formed the loop with... you guessed it, a pair of >zip ties. It could be done with knots, I suspect, but regardless I >don't think it's the best approach. I don't want the regulator going >anywhere without permission, and a single zip tie securing a permanent >neckstrap is the best way to do that that I know of. They don't >exhibit the twist-away weakness in this context. > >- Todd > >p.s. Has anyone tried eliminating the backup reg's mouthpiece and > neck strap altogether, by getting a tracheotomy and inserting > the 2nd stage directly into the stoma? Perhaps one of the > smokers out there could let us all know how well this works. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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