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Sender: Maggie Date: 8/31/98 3:36 PM >Duh. I am trying to de-strokify my equipment. I made big progress by >getting a halcyon backplate & harness and tried it out for the first time >yesterday. I was really happy to discover that it actually *is* >comfortable, and seems to create much less drag than my Transpac. No it's not, you're hallucinating. (You don't know what hell is until you've been set upon by the anti-DIR boys, so play along). You regret doing it but can't change back because your dog (cat, alligator, etc.) ate the transformer and choked to death on a D ring. >As instructed by the various gear rigging pages I've looked at, I put my >light (Dive Rite Massive Leaking System) on my right side, as far back as I >could get it. I removed the plastic waist buckle from my Transpac and >threaded it all the way over by the light to hold it in place. That worked >semi-ok. > >My questions are: >(1) If I use an extra buckle to hold the light in place, how should I >thread the buckle, and which way should it close (towards the light, or >away from the light)? >(2) Is it better to use something other than a buckle, and if so what? > >Thanks, all for your patience. I am catching on, albeit slowly. > Use the buckle. Some say to put it on so the lever is on the inside, but the way I look at it the only reason to use the extra buckle is to keep your light from falling off the belt when setting up your gear. Once in the water it is not serving any purpose as your main buckle is there to hold it in place. Should you have to pull your light off during a dive, consider it expendable and let it drop. If you have the leasure time to put it back on fine, but don't kill yourself trying. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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