Harness and Wing inflator

[FreeFloat]

If you only route the LP hose and not the whole corigated inflator though the bungee it is just as secure and you can dump with it more easily.

So when putting on the reg, the LP Inflator goes:

- Down to first elastic on corrigated hose
- Though elastic
- Though bungee on webbing, only LP hose, not corrigated
- Thought second elastic on corrigated hose
- Into inflator

What he said.

I had someone show me recently that it can be "just as effective" if you take a loop of surgical tubing (bungee might work too) and put the whole inflator, corrugated part and all, through the loop. Holds it close, and in an emergency, allows you to raise the inflator high (the loop of tubing rolls back). I think he was disappointed that I didn't want to implement his change with my gear - but what works for me, works for me, as I rarely use my inflator tube for dumping anyway (only on initial descent while still vertical in the water)

 

[FreeFloat]

I've been finding my inflator hose occasionally flips behing my wing, so something like that would certainly help keep it in place, but does it provide enough room to raise the corrugated hose vertical enough to properly dump air? I would presume so if it is being used in this way.

The bungee loop that JimC describes is indeed run through teh D ring keeper. If you route just the inflator hose through it, it's held to the corrugated hose by the rubber-bands (inner tube, whatever) around both - but if you route it that way, in an emergency, the bungee loop actually slides along the inflator hose when you pull it up high. The rubber bands/inner tube parts are only to keep the hose from being wrenched free of the corrugated inflator tube, and they'll also stop the whole affair from flipping back behind your shoulder as you describe.

 

[Warren_L]

Thanks for the tip. I will give that a try!