whats the bungee size for sidemount

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AMIR007

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hello most of sidemount divers use 6 to 10 mm bungee
in dive gear express i can only find 5mm is this bungee suitable for sidemount ?
any opinion / advice please feel free
 
to make it more clear i will be buying few things from DGX so the bungee will ship free from us to thailand with other items , the thing is they have only the 5mm i would like to know if it will work for sidemount or no
Have anybody try a 5mm bungee for sidemount ? especially the one from DGX
 
I would recommend you contact @DevonDiver he is based in Philippines and probably could answer
your question might even have closer suppliers. My thought is (3/16 - .5 cm) Shock cord (bungee) might be a little light for loop bungees.

Now if you are not using the shock cord for loop bungee? Who knows?

You going to be diving AL80s?
 
i did contact andy yesterday and he did reply my question in Facebook message
0.5 isn't enough but might work , yes AL80s tanks
thank you for the suggestion
 
i never use sidemount before so I'm asking to order the right diameter
andy says in his blog 6 is good for alum , 8 is good for steel anything over 8 its just an over kill , he is a great sidemount instructor in the Philippine i will attach the article take a look he write and review everything about diving
A Guide to Modern Sidemount Diving | Supplementary Course Notes
if the link doesn't work copy and post in your browser its my first time sending a link i don't even know If I'm allow to do that
 
3/8"

Done.
 
I found 6mm bungee to be really good with Ali80s, did use 8mm because I was switching to steels and the 8mm just holds the ali80 in place.

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