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The answer to your prayers is a rear crotch d-ring, excellent for storing just about anything, and keeping it totally out of the way. I keep my penetration reel there (if wreck diving), my lift bag, and my safety reel sometimes. And, if you think putting stuff on your hip ring is hard with gloves, just wait till you start using the crotch d-ring :-P At 09:31 PM 9/27/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Well, my left hip d-ring was getting kind of crowded with primary reel, >backup reel, and pony bottle lower sling clip. I thought I'd put the >reels in back. Guess not. Want to buy some large hoseclamps? > >Can I bend my hip d-ring 45 degrees? Use a welded one? The problem is >trying to get a reel back on there while holding the damn bolt snap >open. Inevitably the pony bottle knocks the d-ring flat before I can >get the reel on it. Suggestions welcomed. > >Cam > >billy wrote: > > > > At 08:42 PM 26/9/99 -0700, Cam Banks wrote: > > >>From my understanding, DIR advocates use of bolt snaps and non-fixed > > >D-rings. I find these very hard to manipulate in 5mm gloves. I'm about > > >to rebel against these and go to butterfly snaps and fixed D-rings. > > > > > >Can anyone save me? I know that butterfly clips can snag monofilament, > > >but I'll trade that hazard for actually being able to use them. > > > > Bend the curved part of the D-ring up so that it sticks > > out from the webbing. And use bigger bolt-snaps. > > > > > Also, are D-rings hoseclamped to the tank non-DIR, or permissible? > > > > Don't even go there. > > > > What were you thinking of attaching to the tank? > > > > rgrds billyw > >-- >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >Cameron Banks 408-821-6314 cell >Applied Materials Account Manager 888-731-6502 pager > 408-934-0500 office > 408-934-0707 fax >Aera Corporation >422 S. Hillview Drive e-mail: cam@ae*.co* >Milpitas, CA 95035 http://www.massflow.com >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ---------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com Who is John Galt? ---------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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