2" crotch strap
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I've always been disinclined to examine, or stare at, other peoples crotch straps. I know it's OK for dogs and carny folk, but from PICTURES, the only difference seems to be that the DR has a sewn in scooter ring and the halcyon uses a tri-glide to hold it on. The DR one also comes with a neoprene "comfort" sleeve, but you don't have to use it (I don't). You can just make one out of two flat D-rings, two triglides, and a piece of webbing in what ever level of softness you desire.
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Just get a few feet of webbing, 2 keepers, and 0, 1, or 2 D rings depending on what you want. Typical would be a butt D ring but not a front one unless you're scootering. There's no law that says you have to have any D rings on the crotch strap. Scubatoys has some webbing that's fairly soft, better for the crotch strap than the real stiff webbing. Total cost, under $10. One of the guys there told me that the tan webbing they have is the softest so I bought that and it's perfect. I've also seen black webbing from ST that' pretty soft.
Re rings; if she wants it to look like a Halcyon................
I actually thought the rings were useless too, then one day I found myself using them both. I had a safety reel on the butt ring for practicing non-pre-rigged SMB deployment and a camera on the scooter ring for taking pictuers of a bottomless fissure. Both were completely out of the way and not "cluttering" at all.
If you order the webbing make sure you order the soft kind. ST has some really hard stuff. I think any of the colored ones are soft. Their black one is wayyy too hard. They carry the soft in red, tan, greay, etc.
For the price and the hassle, get a pre made one. You won't be saving that much by doing it yourself and it will be much nicer to get the DR. Just my opinion.
For the price and the hassle, get a pre made one. You won't be saving that much by doing it yourself and it will be much nicer to get the DR. Just my opinion.
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