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--------------8782FC1FCCB132B5327E80F9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Plastic wingnuts? You've got to be kidding!??? PS. (and most importantly!) You owe me a new monitor! You forgot the coke alert! :) Capt JT wrote: > > > >1: I can't get my wingnuts on my backplate to stay tight. > > Then you do not have something right, look at someone else and see what is > different about yours.The only time I've heard of someone having a wingnut > problem , the fool was using nylon wingnuts and the threads stripped when > he jumped in the water, the tanks came off his back and pulled him by his > teeth on the second stage down to 90ft.How about it?Anybody that was there > want to tell the story for a good laugh?I know who it was and who was > there, somebody want to tell it for the fun of it. > > >2. I have given up my damn ankle weights; BFD. My question is, does > >anyone actually use the Halcyon Gator Wraps? Is this a standard piece of > >equipment for WKPP? > > I use the Bollinger waist neoprene rap that they sell at wal-marts as Gator > wraps. > > >3. Anyone, WKPP included, use the Halcyon closed circuit lift bags? I > >have problems shooting a bag while simultaneously holding the reel, > >holding the bag mouth open, and sticking my reg inside. I need about one > >more arm, and I still might go to the surface with the bag if the reg > >catches in there. > > Once again you are doing it wrong, do not remove the second from your mouth > to inflat the bag.This will cause an initial loss of gas , if you are > sending up a bag in a life depending act because of low gas then you are > screwed! > A lift bag should not be part of your dive plan.It should be practiced , > one should be able to deploy it in under a min. , even while having great > mental stress .I like to use the open bottom bags , I can fill it without > removing my second stage from my mouth and no lost gas, I only need to tilt > my head and open the bag just over my exhaust port and the used gas will > fill the bag , this causes no stress or lost gas.Lift bags can save you or > kill you. > > >4. It bugs me a little that my Jetfins hold a couple of cups of water > >after I take them off and clip them to my d-ring prior to beach walkout. > > Then turn them and dump the water out first before clipping them to the D > ring.But whats the big deal, your already wet! > > > > >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'. --------------8782FC1FCCB132B5327E80F9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Plastic wingnuts? You've got to be kidding!??? <P>PS. (and most importantly!) You owe me a new monitor! You forgot the <I>coke alert! :)</I> <P>Capt JT wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>> <BR>>1: I can't get my wingnuts on my backplate to stay tight. <P>Then you do not have something right, look at someone else and see what is <BR>different about yours.The only time I've heard of someone having a wingnut <BR>problem , the fool was using nylon wingnuts and the threads stripped when <BR>he jumped in the water, the tanks came off his back and pulled him by his <BR>teeth on the second stage down to 90ft.How about it?Anybody that was there <BR>want to tell the story for a good laugh?I know who it was and who was <BR>there, somebody want to tell it for the fun of it. <P>>2. I have given up my damn ankle weights; BFD. My question is, does <BR>>anyone actually use the Halcyon Gator Wraps? Is this a standard piece of <BR>>equipment for WKPP? <P>I use the Bollinger waist neoprene rap that they sell at wal-marts as Gator <BR>wraps. <P>>3. Anyone, WKPP included, use the Halcyon closed circuit lift bags? I <BR>>have problems shooting a bag while simultaneously holding the reel, <BR>>holding the bag mouth open, and sticking my reg inside. I need about one <BR>>more arm, and I still might go to the surface with the bag if the reg <BR>>catches in there. <P>Once again you are doing it wrong, do not remove the second from your mouth <BR>to inflat the bag.This will cause an initial loss of gas , if you are <BR>sending up a bag in a life depending act because of low gas then you are <BR>screwed! <BR>A lift bag should not be part of your dive plan.It should be practiced , <BR>one should be able to deploy it in under a min. , even while having great <BR>mental stress .I like to use the open bottom bags , I can fill it without <BR>removing my second stage from my mouth and no lost gas, I only need to tilt <BR>my head and open the bag just over my exhaust port and the used gas will <BR>fill the bag , this causes no stress or lost gas.Lift bags can save you or <BR>kill you. <P>>4. It bugs me a little that my Jetfins hold a couple of cups of water <BR>>after I take them off and clip them to my d-ring prior to beach walkout. <P>Then turn them and dump the water out first before clipping them to the D <BR>ring.But whats the big deal, your already wet! <P>> <BR>>Thanks. <BR>> <BR>>Cam <BR>>______________________________________________________ <BR>>Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A> <BR>> <BR>>-- <BR>>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. <BR>>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. <P>-- <BR>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. <BR>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.</BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML> --------------8782FC1FCCB132B5327E80F9-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. 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