PeterNBiddle
Contributor
I know a diver who died this year - seemingly because of a neck bungee getting tangled. One small issue in an unbroken chain of small issues that killed a diver with 100 times more experience than you. In zero viz, the 'simple problem' cost the life of two experienced technical divers...the initial diver and his buddy (a friend of mine). He did try and cut it... and failed...and made his situation worse (fatal).
Would a single zip tie attach between a reg and a neck bungie allow for safe/Hogarthian use of a bungie?
Build a short neck bungie with two small (big enough for a zip tie only) loop ends
use a snorkle keeper for the reg
Attach both looped ends of the snorkel keeper and both looped ends of the bungie via a single zip tie running through all 4 loops
In the event of an entanglement a firm twist/pull on the zip-tied assembly will snap the zip tie freeing the entire thing. The bungie and snorkel keeper are no longer tethered to anything attached to you and are donated to the sea gods.