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Compass on one arm, timer on the other. I put the timer on the right since that arm is on the scooter and I need to see the depth all of the time as part of the cave navigation and data recording process. I hold the light on the compass every once in a while so it glows and I can see it if I want to. I leave it the same for ocean to be consistant, even though the compass is the more important tool there, and I leave everything the same whether I am swimming or scootering for the same reason. Nothing ever needs to change and that makes my whole game safer. No , "integrated" quick release weight schemes are NOT DIR. Anything that convolutes or compromises the obvious system is not DIR. Anything that forces modification after modification to use standard gear is not DIR. I believe the weight thing from Halcyon is for Police and Fire rescue units that are kept in the trunk of a car with a 30 cu bottle and find their origin in the Brownies belt for the floating compressor. Down here the cops are constantly fishing people out of their cars in the canals that run along most of the roads which were dug to get material to build the roads up so they do not flood with the tropical rains. They grab this thing, throw it on over their clothes and jump in . In fact , one such dive finished off one of my buddies from ever diving again after he went in for a rescue and jumped right onto an alligator. He did not get hurt, but he quit diving altogether. Weighting can be added in backplates , wedges etc if a drysuit is used and it still balances, but with a normal rig, the weight needs to be removeable and separate from the harness completely, other than the cannister light , which also must be removeable and unblocked. A weightbelt is a beautiful thing and has always been a key element in how the game is played. For harness with a dryusuit, you put it on under the harness and it takes two steps to remove ( yet will not fall off by itself since the harness catches it), but then it is generaly not a dire need to ditch it since you have both a bc and a drysuit and the drysuit, if it is a shell with insulation, maintains is buoyancy characteristics, and if it is a wetsuit, you put it on over the harness so you can lose it fast, just like always. For the fat boys ther are suspenders for drysuit weights, but then the obvious solution there is to double or triple up the steel backplates and make a harness just for diving the shell shit with thick insulation, like we do for our decompressoin rigs which are nothing more than weighted backplates with with harnesses identical to our regular rigs to which we attach stages ( the back tanks or rebreather have been removed). They are not "integrated", they are for the drysuit only and compensate for the 20 or more pounds of lift generated by the drysuit insulation under a shell at any depth just as the 104's and cansiter light do . Any other arrangement is NOT DIR. If you want a "transpac" type thing or other "tec" bc, or whatever, go get one, but don't turn a great system into a mess. The beauty of a harness is tht the harness works for all applications interchangeably without modification or any change - if you goober it up, you might as well buy a "tech" bc or "transpac" type bc. Cam Banks wrote: > > So, the DIR spot for my compass is on my arm? I can barely get my > computer/bottom timer strap over my drysuit above the glove. Is it okay to > wear the compass on the other arm? Most days in Monterey, I need the > compass, unfortunately. > > Weights: why are the Halcyon ACB pockets not-DIR? (I hate non-integrated > weights) > > Solo Diving: if you're diving solo, non-DIR by definition I know, what > changes should be made? Besides getting a buddy. Thanks. > > Cam > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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