I have a question on mounting multiple stage/deco bottles. With one bottle connecting to shoulder/hip d-ring is easy, but I am starting to think through the best ways to run with multiple bottles. I have asked these of my tech mentors as well but looking for broader input.
As reference I am only asking for BM doubles, Hogarthian set-up.
1. What is the best way to keep a single stage/deco bottle better aligned to the body rather than the typical butt up orientation that always occurs with an AL tank using the left shoulder d-ring and hip d-ring.
2. What is the best way to connect to multiple stage/deco bottles?
I have seen a technique where you add an additional bungee loop to the backplate and then use only the hip d-ring and the bungee over the tank valve to keep it in place under your armpit. These seems like a derivative of a SM setup. I can see advantages of this but I’m not sure I can see all the risks with this approach. I’m not sure if using an approach like this for 1 bottle and then hip/shoulder d-ring for the 2nd bottle is best approach or if there is another way. Seems like it would be too busy and problematic to put both bottles on hip/shoulder d-rings. I think wearing one on each side is problematic from the perspective of keeping the long hose free to deploy without having to unthread it around the stage bottle.
As reference I am only asking for BM doubles, Hogarthian set-up.
1. What is the best way to keep a single stage/deco bottle better aligned to the body rather than the typical butt up orientation that always occurs with an AL tank using the left shoulder d-ring and hip d-ring.
2. What is the best way to connect to multiple stage/deco bottles?
I have seen a technique where you add an additional bungee loop to the backplate and then use only the hip d-ring and the bungee over the tank valve to keep it in place under your armpit. These seems like a derivative of a SM setup. I can see advantages of this but I’m not sure I can see all the risks with this approach. I’m not sure if using an approach like this for 1 bottle and then hip/shoulder d-ring for the 2nd bottle is best approach or if there is another way. Seems like it would be too busy and problematic to put both bottles on hip/shoulder d-rings. I think wearing one on each side is problematic from the perspective of keeping the long hose free to deploy without having to unthread it around the stage bottle.