I sent Jax a PM with some suggestions. Seems like lots of you like running hoses so they stick out. I orient my regs so LP hoses can run straight down the side of the tank from the first stage, without sticking out or bending. inflator hoses have a nice gentle 180* loop to go back up to valves, reg hoses (7' for cave diving as I sometimes dive with BM buddies and might need to donate from either tank. I have actually donated air to a SM diver as well, when swapping tanks made no sense as we were very near the exit when the OOA occurred.) route down then do a series of bends to lay next to the tank, but not on top of each other, so I can easily pull the hose out to give me slack, then reach back and pull it back to take out the slack when I've got the reg clipped off. I use right angle adaptors on the 2nd stage so nothing has to do a loop around my head.
I also feel hose protectors and guage boots should be tossed, but of course that is personal preference.
I dislike mariner's clips in some locations due to their tendency to grab onto stuff. However, they do make sense for the tanks, as they cannot jam with sediment like a bolt snap. Jax, your bungees in the mail should come with boltsnaps, so no need to run out and buy new things.
I have been very lazy with my top dump, I just reach back and find the little string...one day, I'll get tired of that, and run another string to be able to dump more easily. On the plus side, it has gotten me to the point where I hardly fiddle with the wing. If I add too much air, I have to dump, so I've learned to be more careful with adding air, which results in less time spent on any given dive fiddling with any of it.
I also feel hose protectors and guage boots should be tossed, but of course that is personal preference.
I dislike mariner's clips in some locations due to their tendency to grab onto stuff. However, they do make sense for the tanks, as they cannot jam with sediment like a bolt snap. Jax, your bungees in the mail should come with boltsnaps, so no need to run out and buy new things.
I have been very lazy with my top dump, I just reach back and find the little string...one day, I'll get tired of that, and run another string to be able to dump more easily. On the plus side, it has gotten me to the point where I hardly fiddle with the wing. If I add too much air, I have to dump, so I've learned to be more careful with adding air, which results in less time spent on any given dive fiddling with any of it.
In caves it can be important to be able to remove tanks. If I squeeze through a restriction then on exit find my boltsnap jammed, and I can't fit through without taking off the tank, that'd be a big problem. I've never had it happen, and I still use boltsnaps, but it is a very valid reason to consider using suicide clips on the tanks in a cave.
