What's in your BC?

[mcpowell]

I'm very curious what you all keep in your BC pockets and attached to your BC for a recreational ocean dive. I'm putting my spares, extras, etc. in ziplocks in my dive bag, but I don't know what I'm missing and ya'll are bound to have good ideas I haven't thought of.

In or attached to my BC:
Dive Tables (pocket)
Light (pocket)
Eezy Cutter (on a strap)
SMB/spool (attached to D-ring)
Whistle (attached to inflator hose)
slate w/ pencil (pocket)
carabiner (attached to a D-ring)

If you have a picture of your BC, would you please post it? I'd love to see how everything is attached, and where it is attached.

 

[Doby45]

Light - shoulder strap
Cutter - right shoulder strap
SMB/Spool - Butt D-Ring after in water

Computer on arm with additional cutter

 

[txgoose]

Still renting so all of our stuff has to be fairly portable (pockets). First open ocean dives in five weeks! SMB and whistle on board. Going to add a tank strobe for our next practice dive in the lake. I doubt that we'll use them in the ocean but probably carry them as a "worst case" item that doesn't use much space.

light (pocket)
shears/scissors (pocket)
SMB/spool (pocket)
whistle (attached to D-ring)
slate w/ pencil (pocket)

 

[cool_hardware52]

In my BC....Me

On my BC, tank(s) 2 x back up lights, line cutter, canister on right waist strap, lift bag bungeed to the bottom of the plate, reel on butt dring

Clipped to chest drings depending on dive, strobe, sand screw, misc "material handling" goodies

In my pockets:

Spare mask, finger spool(s) wetnotes, shears, spare double enders, spare bottom timer, leash, SMB, all clipped to captive bungee loops, chem light, other goods depending on dive.

Tobin

 

[Doctorfish]

I think that the more stuff attached to your BC, the less streamlined you are and the more gas you consume. KISS. I limit to a small knife, whistle and SMB, unless a night dive in which case I clip a back up light to my BC as well. The OP did say "recreational ocean dive".

 

[MichaelMc]

Whistle and dive logger (BlueBuddy) on inflator hose top
Slate, light, extra double ender on left chest D
Light (small 2W Light Monkey) on right chest D
SMB & 100’ spool right waist D
Trilobite on left waist strap
Trilobite and shears on weight belt (for when leave rig or drop first one)
Mirror on back of dive comp (r. wrist), compass (l. wrist)
Snorkel in bungees on tank bands
(no pockets, PB/W) Rec ocean day dives.

Small D ring on weight belt to clip skin gear (mask, fins, comp, compass) to with double ender(s). Makes keeping it tidy easier and lets me half gear up away from my rig.

 

[KeithG]

I go minimal.

Dive light (too look in crannies) in one pocket, backup computer in the other pocket. Teeny dive knife attached to shoulder strap.

If I am on an LOB then I add whistle, mirror and sausage clipped to a d ring.

 

[EricTheDood]

Mine is filled with backwash. Various breakfast items - bits and pieces.

Edit: Oh sorry I thought you meant what's in the bladder. Nevermind what I said.

 

[Trailboss123]

* Dive light attached to a quick release bungee affixed to right chest D-Ring and tucked into my waist strap for streamlining when not in use.
* Compass on a retractor attached to left chest D-Ring
* SMB and reel attached to right butt D-Ring (after safely in the water)
* Trilobite cutter attached to my computer strap on my left wrist
* Backup Computer attached to my LPI hose strap at the top of my left shoulder
* If and when I carry a slate, it is attached to a retractor on my right shoulder D-Ring next to my dive light

 

[tbone1004]

basically what Tobin said though generally sans lift bag