How are you securing your housing while diving

[davehicks]

I remember hanging on an anchor line for a safety stop and noticing that my wife only had a piece of webbing with a sheared off piece of plastic bolt snapped to her d-ring, but no camera! Didn’t have enough gas left for a full search pattern. Fortunately, someone diving off the same boat found her camera a few weeks later. She’s upgraded to lanyards without plastic parts, and runs one on each side now.

Before i got the steel cable lanyard i would put a full loop of bungie cord inside that coil as a fall back in case of separation. Actually, i think i still have the bungie on the steel cable coil too!

 

[Tassi Devil Diver]

I have a bolt snap on each arm of the strobe at the base where they connect to the housing, and stow the camera on the right side like I would a stage or bailout tank, clipped off to the chest and hip/ butt plate D ring. I stow it like this when I am done with the camera for the dive such during ascent/ decent on deco.

 

[Jai Bar]

While on transit, I secure it with double enders to harness D-rings, usually one on chest and another to crotch, so camera/housing is in line and reduces drag

When I use the camera, I use a surfer's leash with a D-ring as a bracelet (just the velcro thingy, without the long cable of course). I attach the camera to it.

If need to assist buddy, I either let go the housing handle amd since the rig is balanced it is not so cumbersome. Or, quickly detach from leash and reattach to harness on a single D-ring. If real emergency, will jetison the whole thing.

The leash/bracelet is also handy when transferring torch from harness to hand, or keeping double-ender while deploying SMB etc.

 

[Jake 10]

I use a coiled lanyard with quick release . I attached to my shoulder D ring .