Do you use reg. necklace for your primary?

[Nemrod]

No and necklaces were around from the beginning and are not an invetion of "tech" divers.

N

 

[imasinker]

I use a silicon necklace strap on my primary. Why? because i don't like my gear dangling while i surface swim to a marker bouy or drop line. I feel safer knowing it is only a few inches away from my mouth when not in use. My octo hose is actually longer than my primary. I use aqualung Glacia with a full matching Octo. I feel that if i were to pass off my octo to someone in need they should have at least an octo that works just as a primary does. They shouldn't have to struggle to breath from it nor ascend with it. I hate to see those small toy looking octo's dangling from a diver. My octo is on a rubber pull strap up high on my right BCD clip ring. Clearly visible and easy to access. Now if for any reason I need to pass off my primary it too will come free as easy and the octo from my silicon necklace. I have tried it a few times, works just fine. Different strokes for different folks, doesn't mean some of us don't think about things like safety. Sometimes what one person feels is unsafe is only an opinion. Now I have seen people with surgical tubing zipped tied to make a necklace and I tell you what, that to me doesn't look all easy to remove in an emergency.

 

[ianr33]

...by the way, I'm very well familiar with DIR..........dive with Cochran tech/deco computers....use a Deepoutdoors harness/dual bladder 57 lb Oxycheq wing....so I know all about the 'proper' DIR methods....so I'm not a clueless newbie.

Karl

Are you saying that tech computers and dual bladder wings are DIR ??

 

[halocline]

Are you saying that tech computers and dual bladder wings are DIR ??

Here we go.

 

[Scubastud16]

Are you saying that tech computers and dual bladder wings are DIR ??

Uh oh....

 

[battles2a5]

Hi,

...well, I'm one of those 'crazies' that 'bungies' the octo, my recreational rigs use a 3' primary hose/Seacure...and my bungied octo's are 4' Apeks Egress (flat/puck omni-directional 2nd-stages). I dive this way as I use a full size Seacure that I rather doubt some divers would appreciate, so I don't 'plan' to donate that one.....the omni-directional octo on the 4' hose simply pops-out of the Manta-bungie for easy deployment. Yeah, I know, this sounds '*ss-backwards' to the DIR crowd...but I'm not giving up my Seacure so this was my solution.

...by the way, I'm very well familiar with DIR......I've got 4 sets of Poseidon Jetstreams with 5' and 7' primary hoses.....have 2 twinsets and nearly a dozen assorted large single 'steels'....dive with Cochran tech/deco computers....use a Deepoutdoors harness/dual bladder 57 lb Oxycheq wing....so I know all about the 'proper' DIR methods....so I'm not a clueless newbie.

Karl

So if you plan to donate your octo, what is the purpose of putting it in a bungee. The whole idea of a proper bungee is to have that reg very secure in a location that can be immdeiately found when you donate your primary. Why wouldn't you just clip off the octo somewhere that is easy for someone to grab if you aren't going to donate the primary? I'm missing the logic with this one.

And Poseidon regs, tech computers, dual-bladder wings as proper DIR? Were you attempting sarcasm with that one?

 

[potablewater]

I have noticed more divers are borrowing another safety tip from tech divers and using necklaces to keep the alternate reg. close by. Does anyone use the necklaces just for their primary? So if they are on the surface and want to let the primary out of their mouth to talk or something else the primary is right there at their mouth to be quickly and easily put back in.

Just wanted to see what others may think or be doing.

Thanks.

:no

Primary on a long hose, and if you remove the primary to talk, you should be holding it ready to return to your mouth...thus the primary is always, "right there".

Dive safe.

 

[Skipp]

If one plans to donate the "octo" why should it matter where it is placed. Whether it is attached to a necklace or a D ring on the right side (using surgical tubing or whatever). Pre dive check out with my buddy would cover the location of the regulator to be shared in case of the OOA situation, or having failed to cover that matter, most divers will recognize the yellow regulator. I seem to be missing something in this topic. I continue to learn so much from all these discussions and need to know.

 

[Scubastud16]

If one plans to donate the "octo" why should it matter where it is placed. Whether it is attached to a necklace or a D ring on the right side (using surgical tubing or whatever). Pre dive check out with my buddy would cover the location of the regulator to be shared in case of the OOA situation, or having failed to cover that matter, most divers will recognize the yellow regulator. I seem to be missing something in this topic. I continue to learn so much from all these discussions and need to know.

I'm going to take a stab at this.

Just to clarify, people who dive a 'longhose' configuration wear a 5 or 7 foot hose on their primary regulator, and donate that in an OOA situation. Their 'octo' is on a 22 or 24 inch hose that rests right below their chin, held in place by a 'reg necklace.' Didn't know if that was part of the question or not. For what it's worth, my primary has a yellow face cover because that is what will be donated.

The O.P. is talking about using a necklace for his primary, which as far as I can tell, none of us have been able to discern why or how that would be needed or necessary.

 

[texdiveguy]

Hi,

...well, I'm one of those 'crazies' that 'bungies' the octo, my recreational rigs use a 3' primary hose/Seacure...and my bungied octo's are 4' Apeks Egress (flat/puck omni-directional 2nd-stages). I dive this way as I use a full size Seacure that I rather doubt some divers would appreciate, so I don't 'plan' to donate that one.....the omni-directional octo on the 4' hose simply pops-out of the Manta-bungie for easy deployment. Yeah, I know, this sounds '*ss-backwards' to the DIR crowd...but I'm not giving up my Seacure so this was my solution.

...by the way, I'm very well familiar with DIR......I've got 4 sets of Poseidon Jetstreams with 5' and 7' primary hoses.....have 2 twinsets and nearly a dozen assorted large single 'steels'....dive with Cochran tech/deco computers....use a Deepoutdoors harness/dual bladder 57 lb Oxycheq wing....so I know all about the 'proper' DIR methods....so I'm not a clueless newbie.

Karl

Karl.... I think you are just maybe 'clueless'.