Stuff inside your drysuit pockets - how to attach?

[ericfine50]

Lets see...


EMT Shears
Spare double ender
Spool
Saftey Sausage or CC Lift Bag
WetNotes
Sometimes Spare Mask
Cave Arrows

Eric

 

[chickdiver]

You can get a SS grommett kit at most Boat Supply stores (ie West Marine,or Boat US) for about 10-15$.

 

[Uncle Pug]

For most OW dives...

Right Pocket... stuff I will use:
Wetnotes - attached bolt snap
Lift Bag with pre-rigged spool - double end bolt snap.

Left Pocket... stuff I might need:
Shears with vinyl tubing over blades - double end bolt snap.
Dive alert - double end bolt snap.
p-valve bolt - attached bolt snap.
spare mask - double end bolt snap.

I have a loop of #24 line through the binding of the wetnotes from end to end... a small bolt snap is on this line and can slide freely anywhere along the line.

 

[WreckWriter]

Left pocket- spare double-ender, shears (the big OMS ones), compass

Right pocket- wet notes, spool

When diving dry, spare p-valve bolt added in right pocket.

On "bigger" dives, second spool in right pocket, spare mask in left pocket.

WW

 

[Uncle Pug]

chickdiver once bubbled...
You can get a SS grommett kit at most Boat Supply stores

Ibetcha those WM grommets are nickle plated brass.

 

[Scubaroo]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...
Shears with vinyl tubing over blades - double end bolt snap.

UP,

If you squish one end of the tubing flat, you can punch a hole in it, and use this to ziptie a single boltsnap onto the tubing. This way you can leave the tubing sheath clipped off, and just pull the shears out to use - saves fiddling with a loose piece of tubing and the double clip.

 

[Mo2vation]

My DUI Pockets have a pretty big D ring in them that serves as a rigid clip off point. And the integrated stiffeners it makes it easy to get in and out. All stuff clipped off with SS snaps

Right Pocket: Stuff I may use

* Wet notes (new addition to replace biga$$ slate)
* Buddy Line
* Extra double ender


Left Pocket: Safety stuff I hope I won't need

* Dive Alert
* Mirror
* Whistle
* Closed-Circuit Safety Sausage
* EMT Shears
* Spool (will migrate to pocket after I get a grip with using it...)


Is it a hijack if you divert your own thread....? Hmmmmm

k

 

[ericfine50]

Sorry Matt,

Does anyone keep an LED light in the pocket? If so, what do you have?
Eric

 

[WreckWriter]

Mo2vation once bubbled...
My DUI Pockets have a pretty big D ring in them that serves as a rigid clip off point.

most folks around here don't use the ring, some even remove it. We add cords instead. DUI pockets are nice though.

WW

 

[Mo2vation]

I've sort of gathered that. There is likely a good reason for that (there usually is) but I haven't seen it yet. To me, a rigid, predictable, easy-to-locate clip off seems to make more sense.

I can find it easier, clip off is a breeze... Help me understand why someone would lop off a big solid D-ring and and replace it with bungee?

Thanks -


K