Bungee mount for Petrel

[stuartv]

I have lots of extra strap even in my dry suit. Of course, the obvious answer is "just cut them and burn the ends". But, I think I'd still have an issue with extra when diving wet. And I hate modifying things like that from how they came from the factory. There's always that paranoia that, as soon as I cut them, I'll find a reason why I need them to be longer. Plus, securing the tails (i.e. tucking them in wrapped around/behind the taut part of the strap) always seems to take me way longer than it should.

 

[doctormike]

I have lots of extra strap even in my dry suit. Of course, the obvious answer is "just cut them and burn the ends". But, I think I'd still have an issue with extra when diving wet. And I hate modifying things like that from how they came from the factory. There's always that paranoia that, as soon as I cut them, I'll find a reason why I need them to be longer. Plus, securing the tails (i.e. tucking them in wrapped around/behind the taut part of the strap) always seems to take me way longer than it should.

Got it..

I think that it's OK to trim the straps, we do that with the backplate harness waist piece, right? I mean, it's your gear, it should be optimized for you.

Trim the straps with your thickest dry suit and undergarment diameter, then it should be OK for the tropics too. I guess if you gain a lot of weight in your wrist, or if you sell the Petrel to the Incredible Hulk or Popeye the Sailor, you might need new straps...!

Happy Holidays,

M

 

[stuartv]

Got it..

I think that it's OK to trim the straps, we do that with the backplate harness waist piece, right? I mean, it's your gear, it should be optimized for you.

Trim the straps with your thickest dry suit and undergarment diameter, then it should be OK for the tropics too. I guess if you gain a lot of weight in your wrist, or if you sell the Petrel to the Incredible Hulk or Popeye the Sailor, you might need new straps...!

Happy Holidays,

M

Yeah... If I decide to go back to the stock straps for some reason, I will trim them. One other thing that put me off of trimming is that the stock straps appear to be some kind of nylon sheath over a piece of rubber. Not really the same as a plain old piece of 2" nylon webbing. I wasn't really sure how well the Petrel straps would "take" to being burned to "seal" the ends after being cut.

 

[buddhasummer]

It seals up fine over a flame.

 

[triode12]

The new Petrel 2s now come with two velcro strips (that act as loops) that hold the excess strap tails in place. I just purchased a Petrel 2 for my wife and it came with the velcro loops while my Petrel 2 purchased early this year didn't come with them.

You can make you own velcro loops by purchasing velcro strips and cutting them down to length.

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[stuartv]

The new Petrel 2s now come with two velcro strips (that act as loops) that hold the excess strap tails in place. I just purchased a Petrel 2 for my wife and it came with the velcro loops while my Petrel 2 purchased early this year didn't come with them.

Mine came with those. When I tried using them to hold the tails the result was way too bulky for my taste. I would have still needed to cut the tails down.

 

[C Dub]

Out here in SoCal, we just put two independent loops of bungee, and knot them.

Why use a nuclear missle to drive a nail?

 

[BenjaminF]

Out here in SoCal, we just put two independent loops of bungee, and knot them.

Why use a nuclear missle to drive a nail?

Shouldn't the question be "Why NOT use the missile?" [emoji14]

 

[Oldbear]

I like the idea of using webbing than attaching bungee. But I have not had any issues using just bungee by itself. At first when I looked at it with the bungee in the mount holes I thought the bungee was too close together. But it passed the dive test just fine. 30 dives later and I don't miss the factory straps.

 

[Scared Silly]

I have been meaning to post up this picture of my bungie mount on my P2. I use a single piece of bungie with a cord lock. What is hard to see is that at the end of the cord lock is a keeper ring. To put the computer on I make the loops as big as they go, slide it over my wrist. To snug it down I place computer face on my chest, pull the bungie tight, grab the keeper ring in my teeth, slide the cord lock down.

Note: to make this system work the cord lock needs to be on the battery side of the computer with the knot on the opposite. Hope the photo is clear enough.