Recreational divers, post your rig here, let's share good and bad ideas

[USdiver1]

If I were driving the boat, he would have a greater chance than anyone else on board to be "accidentally" left behind.

If you were the captain of a boat, you'd leave a diver abandoned at sea.

Reminds me of the Churchill quote:

“If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee,” Lady Astor once famously remarked to Winston Churchill. “If I were married to you,” he replied, “I’d drink it.”

 

[Allen-1]

"recreational-divers-post-your-rig..."

Warm water recreational diver, mostly nitrox-32. Reefs, drifts, the occasional wreck. IOW, your basic AOW vacation diver.

BCD is a ScubaPro Glide, because that's what my rental gear was and I like it. Oceanic regulator & Octo. Regulator has a plastic clip on it that I use to secure to right side upper D-ring when not in the water to keep it off deck. On same D-ring I have a double-ended boltsnap for my primary dive light.

Left side upper D-rings have a DAN tag, and a connector for my SPG. Dive computer has integrated air, but I like the redundancy of the SPG. With the connector it's visible without unsnapping, and can be unsnapped to more easily put BCD on or if I get entangled.

Right hip D-ring has my Octo, left lower D-ring has my DSMB.

Left pocket has mirror, whistle and backup dive light.
Right pocket is empty, with small knife mounted to top of it.
Linecutter on waist belt, on left.

 

[LI-er]

Right hip D-ring has my Octo, left lower D-ring has my DSMB.

Your SMB is a dangly, or so I've been told. Your reel isn't dangling because (as far as I can tell) you don't carry one. I believe a reel is an essential part of dive gear and is required for solo diving (even if there's no one down there to ticket you).

Your light (not shown) is by definition a dangly.

So you've got 2 of the same 3 things I've got dangling, minus the reel because you neglect to carry it.

 

[Allen-1]

Your SMB is a dangly, or so I've been told. Your reel isn't dangling because (as far as I can tell) you don't carry one. I believe a reel is an essential part of dive gear and is required for solo diving (even if there's no one down there to ticket you).

Your light (not shown) is by definition a dangly.

So you've got 2 of the same 3 things I've got dangling, minus the reel because you neglect to carry it.

Dsmb has spool.

 

[Soloist]

You clearly stated that if the gear is fine a diver does not need a PLB.

Thanks @LI-er for highlighting and sharing this pertinent information. I just threw my PLB into the trash! Unfortunately I am having some difficulty wrenching my wife's PLB out of her hands in order to justifiably dispose it too.

PLB is an acronym for Personal Locator Beacon and according to ScubaBoard (or scuba board or SB) should NOT be confused with abbreviations, initializations, poor grammar, context, stupidity, troll talk, bastardizations, humor, hyperbole, capitalizations, shortening, sarcasm, technological limitations, contradictions, fake words, logic, mixed metaphors or anything from the Urban Dictionary.

 

[scubadada]

I have no problem sharing pictures of my ST rig here; it’s about as plain vanilla as they get and there isn’t much on a DIR kit to criticize.

However, folks can call me a snob but I’m just not going to stoop to the absolute nonsense and trolling in this thread.

Why a couple of “staff” members delete whole threads over the most innocuous comments but let black water threads like this one perpetuate is beyond me.

Threads that contribute to site hit statistics seem to be more important than moderation of content.

Hi @NothingClever

You should report threads like this. Reports from users are the main trigger for review by moderators.

This recommendation applies to others who have complained about the content of this thread, please report when indicated.

 

[LI-er]

Dsmb has spool.

Ok so we've got the same danglies. Except I usually carry a reel not a spool.

Welcome to Club Dangly!

I hope for your sake you're never in a boat Captained by @johndiver999 and if so you didn't take @stiebs's advice to trash your PLB.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

Hi @NothingClever

You should report threads like this. Reports from users are the main trigger for review by moderators.

This recommendation applies to others who have complained about the content of this thread, please report when indicated.

Good reminder!!

This thread is pathetic, but I didn’t report anything because I stopped reading it from the very beginning other than an occasional check in. Based upon prior posts from this OP, I knew exactly where this thread was heading. Down the drain.

 

[gregbenson314]

This thread is definitely a Hall of Fame contender.

 

[LI-er]

You should report threads like this. Reports from users are the main trigger for review by moderators

Given that I'm the only one on this thread subject to almost constant mockery, insults, ridicule, and now threats of being left to drift at sea. In return I have been nothing but respectful in my replies, so why would anyone care to report this thread? I sure didn't, I don't take this stuff personally, it's clearly an issue with those being adversarial not me.

I suggest what should be obvious:

If you don't enjoy the conversation or you're otherwise put off by it, then simply don't read it and certainly don't participate. No one is forcing your eyes to the screen or your fingers to the keyboard.