Petrel Bungee thingy...

[lynnpartridge]

Hi Oldbear,

Yes, I work for Shearwater. I will see about updating my signature. I didn't realize it was incomplete.

Lynn

 

[kelemvor]

Doh. I'm not sure why I typed predator. Petrels. I just got two petrels. I have some kind of wierd mental block with the name.

 

[Dr. Lecter]

I found a larger bungie helped a lot. The stuff I had on my backup Petrel was probably 9-10mm in diameter and barely fit through the holes in the adaptor strips. No signs of the knots pulling through with it.

 

[undrwater]

Here's what I ended up with:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yfadkn0rsdivu2l/20140524_185636.jpg

 

[Divin'Papaw]

I didn't have good luck with any size bungee. Too small and it pulls through the hole, too large and it's not stretchy enough IMO. I went back the clipped bands and after a small learning curve to figure out how to best clip them with dry gloves gloves on, I've been perfectly happy with them. I'm going to stick with them.

 

[gtboomer]

I did this, a bit of a pain. It goes over my dry glove rings well though.

 

[Stoo]

How are these various concoctions improvements over the stock Petral straps? I think they're well designed and robust. They're also infinitely adjustable and work equally well on my drysuit with cuff-rings and my 3mm south suit.

The buckles seem solid, and there's two of them anyway...