Bungee'd Octo

[Rick Murchison]

Here's mine...
http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/SupportSt/rickmurchison/necklace.html
Caution: my design has not been submitted to the DIR czars for approval, so using it could get you laughed at. It does work, though.
Rick

 

[rstone]

Has anyone ever had a FREE-FLOWING octo hit them in the face yet from this practice? Just curious...

Ryan Stone
IDCS

 

[Iguana Don]

Originally posted by Rick Murchison
Here's mine...
http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/SupportSt/rickmurchison/necklace.html
Caution: my design has not been submitted to the DIR czars for approval, so using it could get you laughed at. It does work, though.
Rick

Rick,

I'll submit your design to the "czars" for approval and get back to ya.

It looks good to me, but then again what do I know?

ID

 

[Rick Murchison]

Originally posted by Iguana Don


Rick,

I'll submit your design to the "czars" for approval and get back to ya.

It looks good to me, but then again what do I know?

ID

HHhhaarrr!
If they approve it you'll ruin my image!
Rick

 

[roakey]

Originally posted by rstone
Has anyone ever had a FREE-FLOWING octo hit them in the face yet from this practice? Just curious...

No, you de-tune the octo slightly to avoid free flows. The folks behind this system scooter and even that doesn't cause a free-flow.

Roger

 

[dc4bs]

Hmmm... The only downside I've found with the bungied octo is that on rare occations, it can get in the way when I want to look straight down at my feet. Sometimes I have to push the octo a bit to one side or the other to do that, but that's it.

 

[rstone]

Originally posted by roakey

No, you de-tune the octo slightly to avoid free flows. The folks behind this system scooter and even that doesn't cause a free-flow.

Roger

Well if you de-tune the octo, which is suppose to be for emergencies when that buddy of yours needs air quickly, he may be panicked and need air quickly which now you have made it so he has to breath harder to get that air that you have de-turning in your octo. Doesnt that seem dangerious??

Ryan Stone
ICDS

 

[Scubaroo]

Originally posted by rstone


Well if you de-tune the octo, which is suppose to be for emergencies when that buddy of yours needs air quickly, he may be panicked and need air quickly which now you have made it so he has to breath harder to get that air that you have de-turning in your octo. Doesnt that seem dangerious??

Ryan Stone
ICDS

Nope - the detuned octo is a detuned backup regulator around your own neck for personal use - you hand the primary regulator in your mouth off to your buddy (or have it ripped from between your teeth by them). The "octopus" term is deprecated.

 

[divedude]

Originally posted by ucladiver

By the way, just out of curiosity, are there any arguments AGAINST the bugee'd second? I have read all the arguments for and seen the DIRIII video (its the visual in there that really convinced me), but I have never heard anything bad about it. Why doesn't everyone do it? Just curious. Thanks

For me it's a pain in the neck But I'm not DIR, my octo is attached to a bungee attached across to my left shoulder D-ring. It works for me. But then I'm short, fat and have no neck

 

[Scuba446]

Thats right - The backup reg is supposed to be under the chin - albiet it bungee or surgical tubing - that don't matter - but its supposed to be right there where you can feel it if you had to resort to finding it via feel, or in darkness or a silt-out. While I have not had to resort to any of this - yet, as a newbie, it sure is comforting to know that IF and when I have to do an actual OOA Emergency, all I have to do is reach down under my chin, and my trusty backup reg is going to be right there where it should be. One less thing to worry about!

Hand off the primary form my mouth and reach down and garb my backup. Simple....reliable and easy...