The instructions to install an Ultima system onto a latex seal recommend having an assistant to open the cuff wide enough to place the suit side ring in evenly. Having no willing assistant in my house, I found that a spoon can be useful.
I put the cuff on a carpeted surface and then put the bowl of a spoon inside the bottom edge of the cuff, convex side down, handle out. I then put my foot on the handle of the spoon to hold the bottom of the cuff in place, put the ring between my foot and the cuff, use my two hands to pull up and out to open up the cuff, and slide the ring into the opening.
The reason I didn’t slide the ring up the sleeve is that it is a trilaminate suit with a sleeve diameter less than the ring, and the cuff is cone rather than bottleneck.
I’m not really expecting anybody else to adopt this, but am hoping for others to share less silly techniques to put in rings inside latex cuffs.
Now onto dive testing to see if the system is as good as advertised.
I put the cuff on a carpeted surface and then put the bowl of a spoon inside the bottom edge of the cuff, convex side down, handle out. I then put my foot on the handle of the spoon to hold the bottom of the cuff in place, put the ring between my foot and the cuff, use my two hands to pull up and out to open up the cuff, and slide the ring into the opening.
The reason I didn’t slide the ring up the sleeve is that it is a trilaminate suit with a sleeve diameter less than the ring, and the cuff is cone rather than bottleneck.
I’m not really expecting anybody else to adopt this, but am hoping for others to share less silly techniques to put in rings inside latex cuffs.
Now onto dive testing to see if the system is as good as advertised.
