Stowing stage bottle regulator

[aquaregia]

Including the abbreviated clip-offs for gas breaks?

 

[PfcAJ]

If it takes two hands, the light gets clipped off.

Lots of times during deco, I just ballast clip the light and let it point down.

 

[rjack321]

I get what you're saying, rjack. We're both not explaining what we're visualizing very well. Here's a pic of what I'm talking about. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._475016303475_509098475_5656885_1891507_n.jpg

The reg is no longer around the neck, but clipped off to the side of the bottle, the hose lays along side it (much the same way if it were in the band), but its way easier/ quicker to stow for a short time. Naturally, when putting away a bottle for good (or a stage drop/ pickup in a cave), the hose goes under the bands.

OK roger doger, for some reason I thought you were clipping off to the right chest.

My cave stages get a loop of bungie so in a pinch I can stow the reg with broken bands. I actually cut that off for my local diving its a pita with blue gloves.

Including the abbreviated clip-offs for gas breaks?

Yes no disco signals pls

 

[LiteHedded]

by the time gas breaks roll around my light probably has been clipped off already for a while

 

[aquaregia]

Yes no disco signals pls

The subtle difference between "give me air" and "give me cocaine"

I ran out of "thanks," but thanks for all the responses. I know I'm a long way from any of this mattering to me practically, but I get curious about little things.

 

[limeyx]

im having trouble visualizing what you're asking.
I couldn't imagine a dive where I'd be doing gas breaks at 70'. it's a long way off and it wouldn't be in the ocean

With 3 deco bottles, gas breaks at 80, 30 and then 20.

You are explaining it perfectly, I just dont do it that way. I stow the hose completely.

Maybe in a trough is one thing, but as a general practice, no, and I dont think it makes it worth having a permanent clip. Maybe I'm just weird.

 

[LiteHedded]

With 3 deco bottles, gas breaks at 80, 30 and then 20.

You are explaining it perfectly, I just dont do it that way. I stow the hose completely.

Maybe in a trough is one thing, but as a general practice, no, and I dont think it makes it worth having a permanent clip. Maybe I'm just weird.

obviously not...

I'm talking about the 12 on 6 off gas breaks. those don't happen at 80 feet or 30 feet. you're confused. when I come off a deco gas for cleanup before a gas switch I stow it completely. but when I need to stow the hose for 6 minutes over and over again there's no point in stowing it completely.
but anyway not everyone uses them (but most people around here do). it's not a big deal. I'm surprised (maybe not) a thread about bolt snaps generated this much interest.

 

[limeyx]

obviously not...

Yes you are. I just dont do it that way, and neither does anyone that I know that I dive with. Admittedly we aren't doing 60 mins at 20 feet.

I just do it the same way all the time, and stow things cleanly and properly, and yes, part of that is based on (an) experience (although not related to clips)

 

[PfcAJ]

With 3 deco bottles, gas breaks at 80, 30 and then 20.

You are explaining it perfectly,

obviously not...

Yes you are.

 

[limeyx]

Ok, let me summarize;

There are gas breaks at (at least) 20,30,80 feet for various reasons.

You and James see the 20 foot one as being "different" because you go back and forth more and you are close to the cavern/edge of the cave most likely and probably sitting still so you hopefully wont snag the dangling hose on anything or get entangled in anything.

To facilitate that one stop, you add clips to all your deco/stage regs that might (or might not) get fouled up on the dive and make stowing and deploying your stage regs more fiddly just so you can make the 20 foot stop easier.

I'd need a far bigger reason to add permanent clips to all my regs I guess.