Stowing back up lights

[rjack321]

Couldn't find anything on the GUE site about using bungee/shock cord. Is it not recommended but accepted?

It rolls up and down the webbing. Properly sized and cut the inner tube works great. I can stow 1 handed with drygloves and I have fairly large hands, it just takes practice and decent liners (not too thick).

 

[kathydee]

Hopefully all this advice makes sense and helps out. If it's still a challenge, just drop me a PM and we can meet up .

 

[TJF]

Looks like I'll be giving bungee a try since very new to diving my BP/W, took awhile to get it set. Smalls steps, my kit is almost there...

Thanks for all the responses.

 

[reefduffer]

i wouldn't. just because a knot will come undone a lot easier than those things break

FWIW: I finish all knots in bungee with heatshrink tube. (There was one case where the application didn't permit the space, so I used gel superglue). These will not untie, and I've yet to have a failure of any kind in such knotted bungee.

One hint: the bungee doesn't care for the heat gun, so I wrap the bungee adjacent to the heatshrink with small strips of aluminum foil while shrinking. Takes a little care, but not difficult. Then remove the aluminum foil, it's only for while the heat gun is on it.

Standard heatshrink tube is made of polyolefin, which is a pretty broad category of plastic, but generally chemical and salt water resistant, and pretty tough stuff. Operating temps -55 to 135 degC (covers most diving conditions

),and shrink temp is 90 degC, so a hot hair dryer will work (I've tested it), although I use a heat gun at home. It shrinks up to 50%, so a couple of sizes will cover all your bungee knot needs.

 

[LiteHedded]

depending on your harness and webbing you can slide those things on without un-doing the webbing