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I have a question about the DIR harness buckles.  As I understand it, 
the DIR method is to have a right hand release on the harness buckle, 
this leaves the end free on the right side to slide the light on. 
The stages go on the left.  My problem is that when I dive a single 
tank I need to use a weight belt.  For safety reasons I don't want to 
change the belt to a left hand release.  Having the weight belt and 
the harness both as a right hand release is a little confusing.  I 
sometimes adjust the harness in the water, by tightening the buckle a 
bit more.  If the weight belt and the harness release in the same 
direction, there is a chance that I might grab the wrong one.  Also, 
if there is some kind of emergency and someone needs to release my 
belt, it's likely that they would first release my harness buckle 
(the assumption is that I'm passed out at this point).  I could of 
course switch over everything for rec. diving to avoid this problem, 
but I like to keep my system as close to the same as possible between 
rec and tech diving, so there is less room for error.

If anyone has come up with a solution to this, I'd appreciate a 
reply.  Please don't flame me or insult me, my intent is not to 
criticize a system, I'm just looking for info.

Thanks.

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