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[LI-er]

"stony bottle"?

Here's the link (it was also in the first post on this thread)

Thread 'I finally decided to sling my stony bottle rather than backmount it and I won't go back here's why.'

Feb 20, 2025

After decades of diving with a back mounted stony bottle (19cf and 30 cf) I made the switch to slinging it and I wish I had done so much sooner. With the back mount I could never get the trim right, either too much or too little lead in the opposite pocket to offset the bottle caused a roll tendency throughout the dive and the available weight increments on the charter boat often made it impossible to get just the right amount in that opposite pocket. Sometimes when I didn't require any weight such as no wetsuit and steel tank, I'd have to add up to 4 lbs to offset the bottle, which meant...

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[rongoodman]

Yes, but where did you come up with"stony bottle"?

 

[LI-er]

Well, as you reference me in your post, this is my setup. I'm carrying almost as many items as you...


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Nice sketch and arrows.

Do you suck on a lollie when diving?

I tried that once with a Jolly Rancher and realized with my jaw basically locked up with the regulator it presented a significant choking hazard.

 

[Blackcrusader]

"stony bottle"?

 

[LI-er]

Yes, but where did you come up with"stony bottle"?

Paragraph 3 in the first post in that thread.

 

[LI-er]

Perdix DC, Mask, Fins, booties, regs, DIN, DSMB, & reel, BCD, Dive Torch 6000 lumens, reef hook, dive knife, whistle, video lights with emergency distress beacons, satellite beacon

You're well equipped. How often do you use the snorkel strapped to your mask? Is it annoying especially in currents (including ripping surface currents when pulling along a tag line)?

 

[Blackcrusader]

You're well equipped. How often do you use the snorkel strapped to your mask? Is it annoying especially in currents (including ripping surface currents when pulling along a tag line)?

I use the snorkle quite often. Especially when waiting on the surface for other divers to get in the water.
I've never been bothered by my snorkle with diving. Never been an issue in strong currents or when holding onto a tag line. Its great to have when you want to hand your gear to the dive boat crew when in 3m swells before I take my fins off to hand up to the crew as well. It's never been annoying to have my snorkle on a dive. Sometimes I may stay in the water after a dive and snorkle around.

 

[gregbenson314]

I would encourage you, at the very least, to ditch the brass suicide clips for stainless steel boltsnaps, especially since you're solo diving.

 

[rongoodman]

Paragraph 3 in the first post in that thread.

Inigo Montoya: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

 

[LI-er]

I would encourage you, at the very least, to ditch the brass suicide clips for stainless steel boltsnaps, especially since you're solo diving.

That one suicide clip is a cheap and lightweight carabiner and only holds my dive computers between dives. If it snagged on something it would snap right off.

If you consider the brass snap clips on my camera & reel to be suicide clips, I prefer the ease of use and they're in easy to reach locations.