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Trey, great question about the right-hand bottle. You
don't use a lower ring . First, make sure that your harness
is rigged so that the belt buckle reaches just far enough to
hold the light in place. There should be nothing else there.
Just clip the lower stage snap right to the belt (obviously it is
just hanging there). If it is a longer run, make a small loop
out of bungee or 1/4" line that slides over your belt webbing
after the light goes on to clip to. It will migrate back against
the light. The long hose is still below the bottle, but if you
needed to share gas, the first four feet that come with the
handoff are enough to get started. You then free the rest of the
hose from under the bottle and light with one motion. The key to
stage bottles is that the neck be tight to you, the bottom should
be free to go to the path of least resistance, in so far as you
keep it from falling with weight or rising with buoyancy, meaning
that the bottom clip should have some play in it, but not too much.
If you think of anything else, please ask. I made some scooters for
my buddies and we were checking them out in the pool today . They are
1/4 of a pound negative and maintain a slight nose-up attitude.
I told them - good gear makes it look like you're good. If you
keep looking good, before you know it you are good, and good
is just a euphamism for safer in this game. - George
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