Dove my D5 on my drysuit for the first time and found the buttons hard to get to and they were being pressed accidentally by my suit. I bought it for travel where it’s great but not ideal for drysuit use. Had an idea and found some options online but they were out of stock and looked easy enough to replicate.
Took an old slate, cut it down, sanded off the edges and corners, softened it in boiling water, wrapped it around some pipe with the right outer diameter with a couple of clamps and some butter knives as long edges, boiled it some more, cooled it off, cut a couple of slots for the straps and voila! Now the buttons are easy to get to and won’t be activated accidentally. Bonus is the plastic is just smaller than the suit cuff so it squeezes on and stays while I do up the strap.
Took an old slate, cut it down, sanded off the edges and corners, softened it in boiling water, wrapped it around some pipe with the right outer diameter with a couple of clamps and some butter knives as long edges, boiled it some more, cooled it off, cut a couple of slots for the straps and voila! Now the buttons are easy to get to and won’t be activated accidentally. Bonus is the plastic is just smaller than the suit cuff so it squeezes on and stays while I do up the strap.
