5" Stage strap for 4.4" pony

[EricTheDood]

Looking to get this 19CF Luxfer aluminum tank: http://www.leisurepro.com/p-luxtp/luxfer-aluminum-pony-tank-with-pro-valve

with this 5" stage bottle strap kit: http://www.leisurepro.com/p-div2049/dive-rite-travel-stage-side-mount-strap

to sling it as a pony. Will the 5" strap kit work with a 4.4" bottle? I know it'll work with the larger diameter 30CF cylinders, but I'm on the fence.

 

[tbone1004]

will work fine, however I would highly recommend you look at an AL30 or AL40 for a pony bottle depending on the depth you are diving. The Luxfer 30's are less negative than the 19's so you don't feel them as much in the water, and the 40's are actually less negative than that and make the best pony/deco bottles imho.

Kudo's to you for slinging already, and if you are slinging the length doesn't really matter, so better off to go with a tank that gives you more of a safety margin, is actually easier to carry in the water due to buoyancy characteristics, and will serve as a useful deco bottle if you end up going that route. They aren't that much more expensive either, and the extra $20 spent now will save you quite a bit later on

 

[Jim Lapenta]

59.00 is about 40.00 too much to pay for a sling bottle set up. Get some cord, two large stainless bolt snaps, one hose clamp, 12 inches of rubber fuel line, and some bungee or inner tube.
rectotec: HOW TO: SET UP A STAGE CYLINDER - PART 1: RIGGING KIT

 

[JohnnyC]

I'm going to disagree with Jim ONLY if you plan on traveling somewhere to dive where you won't take your tanks. Grab one of the Dive Rite's and an extra wide hose retainer in the "other" size from whatever you purchase, and you're set of for AL30's and 40's, all the way up to AL80's if they don't have something smaller that you can rent. It's quick to rig and de-rig, and give you decent flexibility in your plans.

If it will stay on your tanks though, I agree, don't bother with the Dive Rite stuff, DIR rigging is perfectly adequate, in my case preferred.