I just dived with this same buckle this weekend. Before the dive I spent a while using every possible option of threading which came to mind, and there were only two, both of which are not as good as a 3 slot buckle. Unfortunately my artwork skills are not good enough to display.
The easiest was is to thread the belt under the buckle up over the post and back down, leaving a couple of inches of belt behind the buckle. When cinched tight, the wetsuit and your body will put pressure against the webbing, so slipping risk is reduced, but by no means eliminated. I dived this configuration on a couple of times in shallower water and had no problems but it is nagging me to do something else.
One thought is to take the belt and buckle and ask a shoe repair or upholstry shop take the webbing (need about 4 or 5 inches) from behind the buckle (as in the above description) and sew it to the left of the buckle with some heavy duty nylon thread with a couple of good "X" stitches inside a couple of offset rectangle stitched boxes. Then the buckle would not be able to become loose unless you use the quick release, and only the quick release.
Any thoughts?
Scubamax
The easiest was is to thread the belt under the buckle up over the post and back down, leaving a couple of inches of belt behind the buckle. When cinched tight, the wetsuit and your body will put pressure against the webbing, so slipping risk is reduced, but by no means eliminated. I dived this configuration on a couple of times in shallower water and had no problems but it is nagging me to do something else.
One thought is to take the belt and buckle and ask a shoe repair or upholstry shop take the webbing (need about 4 or 5 inches) from behind the buckle (as in the above description) and sew it to the left of the buckle with some heavy duty nylon thread with a couple of good "X" stitches inside a couple of offset rectangle stitched boxes. Then the buckle would not be able to become loose unless you use the quick release, and only the quick release.
Any thoughts?
Scubamax