I must disagree with this.  The hip position of the SPG places the
gauge in a position that is easily read by your buddies, and minimizes
movement of the HP stem and vibration at the swage, as your body moves.
 As well, this avoids confusing hoses when you go do disconnect your LP
inflator in an emergency, and avoids damage to the gauge from stage
bottles which should be tight to the chest ring.  Solutions:  1 - use
the correct length HP hose.  Mine is just long enough to place the
gauge in my field of vision when I look down.  2 - use the o-ring weak
link to attach the bolt snap.  This should enable you to grab the gauge
to read it (the o-ring will slide up the hose), and then pull the bolt
snap down to re-stow.

-Sean


On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 23:54:58 +0100, Ingemar Lundgren wrote:

>For wreck diving it might be Ok to clip it off on your chest D-Ring in my
>opinion. Not sure if other DIR divers agree on this. When wearing deco bottles
>you have the bottles hanging  down that can get snagged in wreckage anyway. I
do
>not think that the SPG will add to the snag hazard if clipped off to the chest
>and underneath the stages.  You might need to shorten the hose so that it does
>not stick out.

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