Excursion Integrated instrument retractor mount

[mph005]

So, I've had an excursion for a couple of months now, and love it.

My question is where is the "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Integrated instrument retractor mount"? Do I need a special oceanic retractor? I mean, are the D-rings supposed to be the integrated mount points? I just cant figure it out.


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[eliminator]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=164060&highlight=excursion

 

[reefduffer]

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=164060&highlight=excursion

Sigh... I responded to that thread with a question aboiut the Islander BC,
now realized that's in the BC section rather than the Oceanic section.

So, to have a hope that Doug Krause/cerich/Oceanic see it and reply,
I'm adding this cross-reference.

 

[reefduffer]

Sigh... I responded to that thread with a question aboiut the Islander BC,
now realized that's in the BC section rather than the Oceanic section.

So, to have a hope that Doug Krause/cerich/Oceanic see it and reply,
I'm adding this cross-reference.

Bump... Oceanic? Please see the linked thread in the previous post.

 

[mph005]

Well, I was able to figure it out for the excursion, and it seems like a similar process for the Islander. From the pic on the website, http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/img/p_bcs_islander_blue1.jpg

it looks like under the Oceanic logo there are 2 grommet holes. This should be for both the spinner knife (seen here: http://www.oceanicworldwide.com/img/p_bcs_islander_black1.jpg ) and the retractor, one on either side.

I had a fairly generic Innovative Scuba mini-retractor that I unscrewed the ring off from the end. Placed the whole retractor inside the pocket with the cable running out through the hole, and screwed the ring back on. This works pretty well, as I have a compass attached to it.

Key things to remember, there's nothing that the retractor actually attaches to, it just sits loose inside the pocket. It's not going anywhere, and on my excursion I still have room to roll up the drop-down pocket when I'm not using it.