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For wreck diving , the argon is a smaller bottle and is slid over the
waist strap on the left side with a large belt loop so that it fits over
the knife holder and d-ring. It is held back against the backplate by a
bungee looped over the butt of the uspsidedown bottle.

Nothing is put on the backplate edges as the just binds when the wings
are inflated and interferes with stages, and can not be rapidly removed
if "keyed" in a hole , and if it can it is sloppy and lose. 

The tank-mounted argon rig is cave diving only, and is velcro rigged so
as to be removable by the diver in the event of getting keyed in a
restriction. That location does not intefere with anything and allows
the larger tank necessary for long cave dives. The correct location here
is as far towards the bottom of the main tanks as possible so as to be
in the slip stream of the tanks and not cause additional drag. 


PK wrote:
> 
> I have a question about the DIR  method of rigging the argon. Why is the
> tank mounted on the mains behind the bladder, when it would seem that
> mounting the tank to the back plate in front of the bladder would give the
> tank a much smaller profile, and it could not interfere with an inflated
> wing (although I'm not sure if it would interfere any way, being mounted on
> the mains). It would make it reachable by the user. Is the main tank mounted
> argon tank reachable by the user with out taking off the back plate?
> 
> What are the reasons for mounting it to the Main tanks and not the back
> plate?
> 
> Paul Komrowski
> 
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