Bungee chokers

[divezonescuba]

I have been using a ring bungee system for a while now. On a recent trip which was mostly boat dives, I started attaching my tanks while still on the boat. Due to the angle and height of my self in relation to the tanks on the bench, I found it rather difficult to use a webbing choaker. I started using a simple loop of bungee as a choaker over the tank valve. This enabled me to easily attach the ring to the bolt snap on the strap kit while the bolt snap was already run through the bungee choaker. The bungee choaker stretches as necessary when you stand up while the metal parts of the ring bungee assembly supports the tank. In the water, it automatically positions the tank under your arm.

As I have not seen this before, I thought I would pass it on.

 

[claymore]

A double loop of 3/16” bungie works well for many divers using the ring system.

 

[lermontov]

I have been using a ring bungee system for a while now. On a recent trip which was mostly boat dives, I started attaching my tanks while still on the boat. Due to the angle and height of my self in relation to the tanks on the bench, I found it rather difficult to use a webbing choaker. I started using a simple loop of bungee as a choaker over the tank valve. This enabled me to easily attach the ring to the bolt snap on the strap kit while the bolt snap was already run through the bungee choaker. The bungee choaker stretches as necessary when you stand up while the metal parts of the ring bungee assembly supports the tank. In the water, it automatically positions the tank under your arm.

As I have not seen this before, I thought I would pass it on.

Ill try that ! i put a zip tie to the ring so i can pull it past the valve and makes it easier to clip also makes it easier to grab from under your armpit if your bulked out for cold dives

 

[divezonescuba]

I also found that using the same type bungee loop with the upper deco bottle snap work well when attached to the shoulder strap dring. Here too, the stretchiness of the bungee works well keeping everything in position. The difference is the primary tank snap is hooked to the round ring on the bungee while the deco bottle is direct to the dring.

With backmount, the dangling deco bottles always disturbed me, so, I am going to try it there as well.

 

[lermontov]

I used it with twins with Al80 deco bottles and had longish bungey on the Al80 worked good - also allows you a bit of movement if you need to take off Al80s to fiddle

 

[hroark2112]

Post up some pics please!

 

[DA Aquamaster]

Let me start with "I am not a fan of ring bungees". I much prefer to use a continuous loop bungee as it will get the tanks higher and farther back than a ring bungee system. And if you use a bolt snap on a loop of paracord around the tank valve, you have the same out of the water functionality as the 550 paracord takes the weight of the tank. It just works so much better than a ring bungee as the stretch of the ring bungee is too limited and the hardware side of the system usually prevents the tank from going back far enough and high enough. Ring bungees usually equal "low mount", not "side mount".

That said I do employ a bungee choker on my stage bottles. It keeps the nose of the stage 3-4 inches higher and in conjunction with an extremely short tail, keeps a bottom mounted stage up close against you and prevents any fore and aft rocking of the stage as you swim. At the same time it's easy to pull the bolt snap out to clip into the shoulder D-ring, which makes it quick and easy to attach - and significantly faster than the other side mount stage rigging methods.

I use a fisherman's knot snugged up on the back side of the valve to secure the bungee choker.